Front Cover
Guide to Prisons and Penal Policy: Prisons Unlocked
Copyright information
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures and tables
List of Abbreviations
About the author
Acknowledgements
1 Orienting the prison
Scope of the book
Themes that help us to understand prisons and penal policy
How to use this book
Aims of the book
Before you go any further ..
2 The birth of the prison
Introduction
Punishment in an era before prison
Developments from the 18th century onwards
Victorian prisons
The 20th century: what works?
Summary 3 Prison: the modern context
Introduction
The prison estate in England and Wales
Prison functions and categorisation
Prison privatisation
Geography of the prison estate
Recent and current trends in prison populations
Categorising prisoners
Who is in prison?
What are people in prison for and for how long?
Summary
4 Doing time: how different groups experience prison differently
Introduction
Women in custody
Salient issues
Family contact
Women's mental health
Ethnically minoritised populations in custody
Salient issues
Placement in prison Adjudications in prison
Release on temporary licence
Racism within prisons
Older people
Salient issues
Caring for an ageing population
Provision for older prisoners
Summary
5 Prison life
Introduction
Regimes
Education and work
Education and training
Work and earning money inside
Rewarding and punishing behaviour
Food
Healthcare
Mental health
Association
Religious practice
Extremism and radicalisation
Summary
6 Theorising punishment and the pains of imprisonment
Introduction
Philosophies of punishment
Reductivist principles Deterrence
Incapacitation
Rehabilitation
Retributivist principles
Just deserts
The impact of being in prison
Violence within the secure estate
Self-harm
Self-inflicted deaths in custody
Summary
7 Doing prison work
Introduction
Who works in a prison?
Role of a prison governor
Role of a prison officer
Prison officer staff culture
Summary
8 Leaving prison, resettling and returning
Introduction
Desistance from crime
Exploring release, resettlement and recall
Release from prison
Parole Board
Resettlement
Recall to prison Does prison work?
Summary
9 Prison on an international scale
Introduction
A global look at imprisonment
A tour of prisons around the world
Australia
Brazil
India
Japan
Norway
USA
Who does prison best?
Summary
10 What next for prisons?
Introduction
Current state of the prison system in England and Wales
Social functions of imprisonment
What next for prisons?
Before you go ..
References
Index

This concise and accessible guide offers a critical overview of the prison system in England and Wales for students and practitioners. The book guides the reader through prison life as experienced by different stakeholder groups and is packed with learning features such as case studies and key concepts.