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Turnkeys or professionals? A vision for the 21st century prison officer

In recent years prison officers have been asked to undertake increasingly complex and varied tasks but have not benefited from commensurate remuneration, respect or support. This report suggest that a radical and fundamental review of the role of the prison officer is needed that and a wider debate about the future of role of prison staff in the new century.

2009, 18pp, ISBN 978-1-905994-18-2

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Prison work and social enterprise: the story of Barbed

An independent evaluation of the world's first social enterprise based inside a prison, a graphic design studio, 'Barbed', carried out by Professor Penny Green at King's College, London. The inititive was part of the Howard League's campaign for real work in prisons and was a bold and path-breaking response to the widely acknowledged failure of prison work.

(2008), 37pp, £10, ISBN978-1-905994-09-0 Hard copy Order here

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High Security Prisons: Prisoner Perspectives.

Prison Information Bulletin 4

This bulletin explores the high security estate in England and Wales. It looks at eight prisons that make up this part of the prison estate and provides a flavour of life in those prisons. (2008)

28 pp, price £5.00, ISBN 978-1-905994-05-02

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Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection. Prison Information Bulletin 3.

Drawing on a range of sources, including public documents and interviews, this report illustrates that the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) has been ill-conceived and is ultimately flawed. (2007)

28pp, ISBN 978-1-905994-01-4

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Prison information bulletin. The first in a series of new prison information bulletins. This analyses the prison population and explains why it has reached record levels and what can be done to reduce it. (2006)

23pp Price £5.00, ISBN 090368387-3 Click here to order

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Busy doing nothing: The experience of 18 - 20 year old men on remand. Remanding more than 8,000 young men aged 18 to 20 to prison every year is wasteful and unproductive. This report exposes the multiple problems and needs of these young people and contrasts this to the impoverished daily life in prison. (2003)

22pp, available free, ISBN 903683 73 3 download here

A clean slate: a new structure for lay visitors to people in custody looks at lay visiting to prisons since John Howard and puts forward proposal to develop a system for lay people to monitor people in custody throughout the criminal justice system. (2001)

16pp, price £5.00, ISBN 090368355-5 Click here to order

Rehabilitating work: what are prison workshops for? This paper looks at the evolution of prison labour and the place of the industrial workshop in today's training prisons. Work and training could play a pivotal role in reinforcing positive attitudes to employment, but the current poor provision reflects confusion about the basic aims of workshops. Briefing paper. (2000)

20pp, £5.00, ISBN 090368350-4 Click here to order

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