The Council conclusions on new skills for new jobs (Council of the European Union, 2010) reflects on how people can be educated better and trained for jobs. By raising education and skill levels, individuals can increase their chances to obtain better employment. Lifelong learning means understanding the importance of acquiring new skills and taking personal responsibility for having them. Due to the low number (3-7% of total inmates) and the heterogeneity of their skills' levels, different prisons of the EU hosting female inmates (minors and adults) find it very difficult to organize groups for teaching units. Therefore, the human resources dedicated to this mission are not corresponding to the specific needs and difficulties female inmates are facing (e.g. migrants, illiterates, mothers with babies, low skilled, mental and health problems), nor the importance of encouraging them to change. In order to sustain their reintegration into society, female inmates have to acquire the knowledge and behaviours to adapt to the ever changing labour market requirements. This requires that they should be encouraged to look ahead and to keep their desire and ability alive to continue learning by giving them a voice. FEFI project intends to contribute to a broader social and educational participation of female prisoners throughout Europe. The project consortium assumes that the social reintegration of offenders is a question of not leaving them alone while preparing for their release and after. Education in prison is one of the main pathways to successfull reintegration, such as work, having a family and relationship issues, organizing accomodation and rehabilitation to avoid recidivism. These pathways are closely related to each other and need to be adjusted in a systematic way requiring the collaboration of all prison actors and institutions involved at establishing a learning environment in a prison. This requires a changing process from both sides of the barrier.