COVID-19 had a significant impact on PLEA’s operations with most programs paused or moved online during the pandemic where prisons and youth justice centres adopted significant restrictions on in-person program delivery to ensure the safety of staff and people living in these centres. This had large drawdown on PLEA’s program work and volunteer base. Throughout 2023 we maintained a modest level of service delivery within key prisons and this year are seeking to grow our volunteer presenter cohort and re-establish delivery across our network of prisons and justice centres.
Thank you to all our volunteers for their support across this period. We are conducting rolling recruitment across the year as our operations grow, if you are a law student interested in volunteering with PLEA please submit an application here and we will be in touch at our next volunteer intake.