Mock-up cells used to highlight reality

The charity receives no Government money. But since it was set up 16 years ago it has attracted contributions of more than 6m.

The tactic of making mock ups of prisons to show school pupils what cells are really like will be exported to the Cayman Islands where a cell will be built – reflecting jail conditions there.

It is not just keeping people out of trouble. A number of youngsters who have sat through the life-changing presentations have ended up joining the prison service.

It also teaches vital skills through a range of partner organisations. One young person saved his grandfather’s life after attending a trust workshop with the St John Ambulance.

Although its official title of the organisation is the No Way Trust, everyone in Hull knows it as Prison! Me! No-Way! The founders wanted to call it that in the first place – but it was regarded as too wordy.

The organisation is the only one of its kind in the UK.

Chief executive Paul Wilkinson said: “People have tried to replicate and copy us. Not that it is a competition, but what is unique about our organisation is all the members are focussed on the mission of the charity and care about the young people.”