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Free Kids’ competition

Reg. Charity No: 1049059

PUPILS at a secondary school discovered that crime definitely doesn't pay during a series of workshops with police and other emergency services last week.

The "Prison? Me? No Way!" workshops for Year 9 pupils at Alexandra Park School put youngsters in real-life "street" scenarios tackling public disorder, and showed how even mucking about with toy pistols can end with armed officers pointing guns at you. read article (external link)

Shock of Tees child drug dealers   Nov 30 2007 by Simon Walton, Evening Gazette- Teesside

CHILDREN as young as 12 have been arrested on Teesside for intending to deal drugs.The shocking scale of drug arrests among youngsters in the area is revealed today after the Gazette obtained figures using Freedom of Information legislation.  In the past three years, Cleveland Police have arrested 372 children aged between 11 and 17 for drug offences.    read article (external link)

Cathedral High School pupils were taking part in a Crime and Safety Awareness Day organised by the charity Prison Me No-Way!! The Year 9 pupils were due to experience six different workshops during the course of the day to encourage them to think about crime and the consequences.
The workshops include visits from people who have experienced prison life and will talk about their time behind bars and the effect it had on them and their families. read article (external link)

Prison? Me! No Way? Is the first initiative of its kind in the United Kingdom.

It features a hard-hitting video focusing on a Young Offenders perception of Prison life, and the life he once had. Audio materials containing Prisoner interviews, life stories, and atmospheric sounds of imprisonment recorded inside Hull Prison.

A one hundred page "Information Pack" containing many Prisoner contributions including: - Surveys, Diaries, Questionnaires, Life Stories, a Drugs and Crime section, Drama Scripts, Poetry, Prison routes plus many other stimulating and interactive exercises.

The whole package has been devised working in association with young people, serving prisoners, teachers, and youth workers of many agencies, i.e. Youth Court services, Attendance Centres, Pupil Referral Units, to name but a few. read article (external link)

Police in Bristol are working with school children to encourage them to be good citizens and 'Play Your Part' in their community.

Officers and staff from the Youth Team at Newfoundland Road Police Station have joined forces with Avon Fire and Rescue, the Gang Awareness Project, First Bus and the Prison? Me? No way? project to provide a day of activities around promoting good citizenship to young people in Bristol ….. read article

Officers and staff from the Youth Team at Newfoundland Road Police Station have joined forces with Avon Fire and Rescue, the Gang Awareness Project, First Bus and the Prison? Me? No way? project to provide a day of activities around promoting good citizenship to young people in Bristol. read article (external link)

For today's media-savvy children, TV dramas such as ITV's The Bill or Bad Girls usually provide their only insight into life behind bars. While such programmes don't exactly glamourise crime, neither do they paint a realistic picture of prison life.

The Hull-based charity the No Way Trust aims to set the record straight. Each week, over 1,000 secondary school students take part in their crime and safety awareness days, designed to give young people an insight into prison life …..read article (external link)

Pupils learn 'Prison! Me! No-way!' – 16^th March 2007

PUPILS at Tadcaster Grammar School got a taste of life behind bars when a Prison! Me! No Way! day was held at the school last Friday.

The school was the first in the district to welcome the day-long event which saw year ten students experience being in a life-size prison cell and meet real prison dogs among other things …...read article (external link)

Prison? Me? No Way! Is a youth crime reduction programme pioneered by officers at Hull Prison in 1993. It has since grown to become one of the most innovative and rapidly advancing crime prevention and educational aids.

The aim of the day is to show the effects of crime, demonstrate how the law is there to protect and to punish and dispel myths of imprisonment. Young people are encouraged to be more understanding of others who may be less fortunate than themselves, to be responsible for one's own actions and dissuading young people away from crime ...read article (external link)

The pupils were completely removed from their normal school day and treated like prisoners while being escorted round a series of workshops which educated them about the causes, consequences and penalties of crime.

The award-winning scheme which is run by the Prison Me No Way trust in conjunction with the Scottish Prison Service is designed to encourage participants to respect the value of their freedom whilst experiencing first hand the consequences of crime - through the restrictive regimes of a prisoner..... read article (external link)

The scheme, which is supported by the UK's "Prison Me - No Way" scheme was piloted at the Isle of Man College. It will be delivered to year nine groups at St Ninians and Ballakermeen High Schools during the autumn term. It involves role playing activities for students and aims to dispel the myth that the Isle of Man prison is a so-called "easy jail". Prison officers are giving up their own time to be involved in the presentations, and Home Affairs Minister Martyn Quayle says he believes it could change young people's lives.

"If youngsters are made aware of potential difficulties it will have quite an impact and may change their lives for the better. …..read article (external link)

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