related programs’ measures the delivery of programs to prisoners and offenders by ‘Offence corrective services that target specific factors related to risk of re-offending. Data are not yet available for reporting against this indicator. Appropriateness Education and training — and training’ is an indicator of governments’ objective of providing programs ‘Education and services that address the causes of offending, maximise the chances of successful reintegration into the community, and encourage offenders to adopt a law abiding way of life (box 8.4). Box 8.4 Education and training and training’ is defined as the number of prisoners participating in one or more ‘Education accredited education and training courses under the Australian Qualifications Framework, as a percentage of those eligible to participate (that is, excluding those unable to participate for reasons of ill health, relatively short period of imprisonment or other reason). These data do not include participation in nonaccredited education and training programs or a range of offence related programs that are provided in prisons, such as drug and alcohol programs, psychological programs, psychological counselling and personal development courses. High or increasing education and training participation rates of prisoners are desirable. The rates reported for this indicator should be interpreted with caution as the indicator does not assess participation relative to individual prisoner needs, or measure successful program completion. Data reported for this measure are: comparable (subject to caveats) across jurisdictions and over time complete for the current reporting period (subject to caveats). All required 201617 data are available for all jurisdictions. Nationally in 201617, 32.9 per cent of eligible prisoners participated in accredited education and training courses (figure 8.6). Vocational education and training courses had the highest participation levels (22.4 per cent), followed by precertificate Level 1 courses (8.4 per cent), secondary school education (3.1 per cent) and higher education (1.7 per cent) (table 8A.10). Figure 8.6 Percentage of eligible prisoners in education and training, 201617a
‘Offence related programs’ measures the delivery of programs to prisoners and offenders by corrective services that target specific factors related to risk of re-offending. Data are not yet available for reporting against this indicator. Appropriateness — Education and training ‘Education and training’ is an indicator of governments’ objective of providing programs and services that address the causes of offending, maximise the chances of successful reintegration into the community, and encourage offenders to adopt a law abiding way of life (box 8.4). Box 8.4 Education and training ‘Education and training’ is defined as the number of prisoners participating in one or more accredited education and training courses under the Australian Qualifications Framework, as a percentage of those eligible to participate (that is, excluding those unable to participate for reasons of ill health, relatively short period of imprisonment or other reason). These data do not include participation in nonaccredited education and training programs or a range of offence related programs that are provided in prisons, such as drug and alcohol programs, psychological programs, psychological counselling and personal development courses. High or increasing education and training participation rates of prisoners are desirable. The rates reported for this indicator should be interpreted with caution as the indicator does not assess participation relative to individual prisoner needs, or measure successful program completion. Data reported for this measure are: comparable (subject to caveats) across jurisdictions and over time complete for the current reporting period (subject to caveats). All required 201617 data are available for all jurisdictions. Nationally in 201617, 32.9 per cent of eligible prisoners participated in accredited education and training courses (figure 8.6). Vocational education and training courses had the highest participation levels (22.4 per cent), followed by precertificate Level 1 courses (8.4 per cent), secondary school education (3.1 per cent) and higher education (1.7 per cent) (table 8A.10). Figure 8.6 Percentage of eligible prisoners in education and training, 201617a
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