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The Prison Optician Trust works to rehabilitate offenders from Standford Hill on the Isle of Sheppey and East Sutton Park in Maidstone
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Updated: 09:07, 24 January 2021
A Kent optician has devoted his career to transforming the lives of offenders by giving them the skills needed for a successful career in optics.
Tanjit Dosanjh founded The Prison Optician Trust, an organisation which teaches offenders from Standford Hill on the Isle of Sheppey and East Sutton Park in Maidstone how to make spectacles at a training centre in Earl Street.
Tanjit Dosanjh founded The Prison Opticians Trust
It works by offering vocational courses to prisoners while they are serving time so they have the skills needed to find work when they are released.
New Year Honours list recognises optometrists
Ruth Perrott
Optometrists Tanjit Dosanjh, Ruth Perrott and Sarah Joyce have been recognised in the New Year Honours 2021 list and made an OBE, MBE and BEM respectively.
Dosanjh, who is the founder and CEO of the Prison Opticians Trust, has been awarded for his services to optometry in prisons and reducing re-offending.
Sarah Joyce, superintendent optometrist at Asda, was awarded a BEM for services to primary optical care during the Covid-19 response.
York-based optometrist Perrott was named on the Overseas and International List for her services to people living with sight impairment in Africa.