CONNECT 2000-2006 is an action-research project which is run by the Irish Prison Service in collaboration with the National Training and Development Institute (NTDI) of the Rehab Group. The project focuses on prisoners’ transition from custody, through training, on to reintegration into the community and labour market participation. This evaluation report of CONNECT was published in 2001. The project will be expanded to other prisons during the period 2003- 2006.