Values and Practices in Public and Private Sector Prisons: A Summary of Key Findings from an Evaluation
Ben Crewe, Susie Hulley and Alison Liebling, ‘Values and Practices in Public and Private Sector Prisons: A Summary of Key Findings from an Evaluation ’, in: Prison Service Journal (July 2011), Issue 196, pp.55–58
In January 2011, Prison Service Journal published a special edition entitled: Where does the prison system go from here?
This featured interviews with prominent public figures including the Minister responsible for prisons, the Chief Executive of the National Offender Management Service, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, several heads of prominent interest groups, a union leader and a former editorial board member of Inside Time. The interviews were conducted shortly before the publication of the Green Paper Breaking the Cycle: Effective
Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders and this edition was intended to provide a reflection upon the critical thinking that would inform the future direction of public policy. The issues discussed in this edition are explored by thirteen people who are intimately and directly involved in the prison experience. They include four members of staff, ranging from an officer working in a high security prison, to an instructional officer, a senior officer working in training services and a prison governor. The five prisoners who contribute include two in local prisons, a life sentence prisoner, a woman prisoner and one in an open establishment. There are also interviews with two parents of serving prisoners and two people who work for charitable and voluntary sector organisations, delivering services to prisoners.
