This text is based on the results of a research project and constitutes an overview of the state of the art in prison education in Europe with the aim of identifying organizational, methodological and social problems which limit or determine it. It contains a reflection, on various levels and aspects, on the educational activities developed in prisons, as well as on the role and meaning of these educational activities for societies, their judiciary and penitentiary systems. It seeks to establish a relationship between social strategies and that education developed in European prisons.
prison education; lifelong education; education for work; education and citizenship