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The project “Support instead of Writing Off: Education in Prisons and about Prisons” by using means of education, seeks to minimize recidivism by empowering prisoners and minimizing social exclusion experienced by them. The target group: people serving a sentence in a prison. In order for a person to successfully reenter society, it is important already during their sentence to obtain the needed tools for successful integration. One of the most meaningful tools - (in)formal education. The project will seek to solve three problems related to education: the lack of higher education in prisons, the lack of knowledge about their rights among inmates and the lack of space to express those rights, as well as the lack of positive representation of prisoners in society. These problems keep inmates away from changing for the better, and, later, from successful integration into society. Thus, during this project, inmates will be empowered in three ways: by finishing a course from ALYTAUS KOLEGIJA/University of Applied Sciences, by informing themselves about their rights and learning how to defend them, as well as by being a part of a team creating a magazine about prisoners, that is meant to be read by people outside of prison. These empowering and informative activities will help inmates to reenter society more successfully, while at the same time it will make society more understanding and accepting. Presumably, this is going to minimize the risk of recidivism for project participants.