The Ministry of Justice's ambition is to transform prisons into industrious places of productive work. We will:    

• Get prisoners working up to 40 hours a week
  
  
• Focus the daily routine around work, preventing prisoners being idle
  
  
• Ensure prison work is sustainable and self-financing
  
  
• Work closely with businesses, the CBI and Trades Unions to ensure that we do not unfairly undercut outside companies or take jobs from the law-abiding
  
  
• Look for opportunities to create jobs in the community and UK supply chains
  
  
• Focus education and training in prisons on equipping offenders to work
  
  
• Link work activity to qualifications and employment opportunities on release.
  

We have already made progress in achieving our ambition, and in May 2012 we launched ONE3ONE Solutions – Justice working for you, to grow the amount of work available in prisons.

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