EDUCATION IN PRISON
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—An article I wrote on Dartmoor Prison in The Spectator of December 3rd was described as a postscript to Major Athill's recent series of prison articles. This letter is in reality a post- script to a postscript. I forgot to mention in the article the important part played in the lives of many of the men by correspondence courses in a number of subjects. I have since received an interesting letter from the National Adult Schools Union regarding this, from which I learn that the majority of the students taking the Adult Schools Union correspondence courses are inmates of H.M. Prison or Borstal institutions. Thirty-six men in Parkhurst are taking such courses, eighteen in Dartmoor, and smaller numbers in the other prisons. The most popular subject appears to be " Good English," next " Music for the Listener," and then economics. The necessary text-books are obtained from the Prison Com- missioner, and papers written in the prisons are sent to head- quarters to be corrected.—I am, Sir, yours, &c., H. WILSON HARRIS.
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