Lancaster Castle is an over twenty-one Category 'C' training jail that
houses about two hundred and forty prisoners. Men are sent there
from local dispersal prisons.
It is a training jail so all inmates
are required to
work. The main areas of employment are education, a drug
rehabilitation scheme, painting and decorating, industrial cleaning and
welding.
There are also courses in the gym such
as Community Sports Leader and Weight Lifting.
The Education Department is situated
at the top of the Norman Keep, up ninety steps. There are courses
available in Basic Skills (Literacy and Numeracy), Social and Life Skills,
Art, l T, Open Learning, Business Studies, Criminology, Sociology,
Creative Writing, Study Techniques and ECDL.
