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A charity is running a project to deter people from ending up in  jail.

CHARITY the No Way Trust runs workshops to try to keep young people out of  prison by putting them behind bars for a day.

The Prison Me No Way project runs in schools around the country.

Ten schools in Bromley and Bexley boroughs have already signed up for next  year.

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Deputy head teacher at the Priory School Neil Miller said:

"Our school was  chosen for the work we already do in the community and the relationship we have  with the uniformed services.

"We were happy to do it because it deals with important issues which we want  to hit head on and be proactive towards."

He added: "The day was a big success. The staff thought it was excellent and  the feedback from the children was very positive.

"We would also really like to try to make this an annual event."

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 Meet the staff from HMP/YOI New Hall who are helping teenagers

Hundreds of pupils have been spending time behind bars as part of a good citizenship awareness day.

Around 300 Year 8 teenagers at Grange Technology College in Little Horton took it in turn in small groups to be locked up in a mobile prison cell to see just what it's like in prison.

The cell-on-wheels was just one of the true-life experiences youngsters were faced with on Thursday.

Assistant headteacher Steve Evans said although some of the experiences were quite "shocking" it was one way of getting a vital message across that it pays to be a responsible citizen making positive contributions to where you live.

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WE'LL KEEP MORE KIDS AWAY FROM CRIME Date : 22.02.08 Hull Daily Mail

A pioneering project that aims to steer young people away from crime is to step up its work in the city.

The Prison! Me! No Way! Trust is an award-winning educational charity based in Hull.
It was set up by prison officers concerned by the increasing number of young people being sent to prison.
They set up an educational charity to encourage young people towards positive lifestyles and dissuade them from committing crime.   read article (external link)

Students and staff took part in ten different workshops, viewed a full size prison cell and experienced a typical street scene complete with prison dogs.
They looked at social issues, from a perspective other than their own, and explored how actions and consequences effect us all as members of a community. In order to make the day as effective and realistic as possible, the Year 10 students were isolated for the day to experience being treated like prison.

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Prison Me No Way visits Galloway schools

Prison Me No Way is an activity based learning experience for fourth year pupils reminding them of what could happen if they make the wrong decisions.

The Prison Me No Way Trust will be at Stranraer Academy on Monday 19 November and Douglas Ewart High School, Newton Stewart on Tuesday 20 November. 

The main learning point of the day is to advise those taking part that it only takes a split second to make a wrong decision which could result in a young person committing a crime and ending up in prison. read article (external link)

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