Women's prisons have become stopgaps, a place to simply put people society does not know what else to do with.
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Articles on UK prisons
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Covering subjects from black holes to sleep science, a geophysicist explains his new course.
Asylums were once designed to aid mental recovery – perhaps modern prisons should take note.
The ‘Monster of Worcester’ would have been released 24 years ago in Norway - would that have been better for everyone?
Well trained and experienced staff are a crucial part of improvements.
Games such as chess should be a welcome addition to the activities available for prisoners.
Mental health courts work to reduce reoffending, enhance public safety and improve the well-being of individuals with mental illness.
Just as with so many other criminal justice policies, pretrial detention disproportionately affects African-American men and women, destabilizing black families in the process.
Without public pressure, politicians won't make improving conditions in prisons a priority.
Participants in a recent study became calmer, more able to express their point of view without aggression and developed more open minds.
Some inventive prison inmates have a surprisingly varied and satisfying diet.
Probation services in the UK are straining under a system that prioritises profit above rehabilitation.
New research has analysed the effectiveness of ten Drug Recovery Wings piloted in British prisons.
Cigarettes are part of the social and economic fabric of prisons.
Almost total journalistic shutdown is worsening the UK prison crisis.
As prison populations rise this hidden issue is only making things worse.
A new reform bill will not fix the prison problem: too many people are being incarcerated.
A BBC report has revealed the extent of drug use in UK prisons. It will be difficult to tackle the problem without a radical review of sentencing practices.
Autistic defendants and prisoners are suffering at the hands of an out of date criminal justice system.
New research suggests 400 people have died from suspected suicide within 48 hours of leaving police detention in the last seven years.
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Professor of Criminology, University of Bath
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Criminology, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Salford
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Professor of Criminology & Public Policy, University of Brighton
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University
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Human Resource Management PhD Researcher, University of the West of England
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Researcher, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor in Community and Criminal Justice, De Montfort University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in applied forensic psychology, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Media and Culture, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Bangor University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of South Wales
