The IQRA Trust Prisoner Welfare was set up in 1993 to support the educational and training needs of imams and prisoners.

The IQRA Trust organised a series of prison imam training days between 1997 and 1999 in collaberation with the HM Prison Service Chaplincy. Following the appointment of the Muslim Adviser in 1999 the prison work of the Trust became focused on the educational and rehabilitation needs of prisoners.