Recycling hearing aids at the Sight and Sound Workshop HMP Frankland
01 March 2005
- Country:
- UK
- Organisations involved:
- Inside Out Trust
Lions Club International Used Hearing Equipment Project - Synopsis:
- Refurbishment of used NHS hearing aids (various types) by prisoners at HMP Frankland. Prisoners are trained to clean, repair and test a wide range of hearing aids, which are then despatched to Lions Club International Used Hearing Equipment Project for distribution to a wide number of hearing projects around the world.
Training of instructors was carried out by Starkey Labs, Stockport.
This work provides a purposeful activity for prisoners serving long-term sentences in a maximum security prison.
- Recommendations:
- To expand this repair project to other prisons in the country.
