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Education Centre, Midlands Prison
      
Dublin Road, Portlaoise
      
      
The Midlands Prison was officially opened on 9th November 2000. The Education Centre, with a staff of two teachers, received its first students in December of the same year. The Centre currently has a staff of 29 teachers: 18 full-time and 11 part-time.

237 students are taking classes, that is, just over half the current prison population.
      
Mission Statement:
      
To provide a high quality, broad and flexible programme of education that meets the needs of those in custody through helping them:
      
Cope with their sentence
      
Achieve personal development
      
Prepare for life after release
      
Establish the appetite and capacity for lifelong learning
      
      
Programmes :
      
Head Teacher: Linda Tynan

Head Teacher: Linda Tynan
      
The following subject areas are on offer at basic, improver and advanced levels:
English, Mathematics, Home Economics, Consumer Education, Physical Education, Boxercise, Art, Drama, Spoken Communication, Multi-Media, Business Studies, Accounting, Technical Graphics, Creative Writing, Home Crafts, Yoga, Music, Pottery, Personal Development, Computer Applications, Science, Horticulture, Materials Technology (Wood), Materials Technology (Metal), Pyrography, Technology, Construction Studies, Spanish, French, German, Irish, History, Geography, Sociology, Current Affairs, ESOL, Touch Type: Read & Spell, Pre-Release Programmes and Gaisce as well as a range of other short programmes designed to meet the needs of students.
      
The Education Centre holds examinations accredited by the following bodies:
Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC)
Department of Education and Science
Open University
Leinster School of Communication
London Guildhall School of Speech and Drama
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
      
      
Links to useful websites:
      
Prison Education Service Irelandwww.pesireland.org
European Prison Education Associationwww.epea.org
      
      
Contact details:
Education Centre, Midlands Prison,
Dublin Road,
Portlaoise,
Co. Laois
Tel: (057) 86 72110
      
Fax: (057) 86 72174
      
Email: mided@eircom.net
      
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