Richard Garside

Richard Garside is the Director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.

An abundance of law and an absence of order
We have come out of lockdown with a renewed determination and focus
A 19th century solution to a 21st century problem
Our approach to prisons is locked in the past
An inspector calls
Without independent inspection, problems in prison fester and grow unseen
Quite worked up
To prevent outbreaks, all staff and prisoners should be vaccinated against COVID
The long shadow of imprisonment
Former prisoners feel the shadow of prisons, long after they are released
The political barriers to prisoner vaccination
The prison environment makes it ideal for the spread of COVID-19
Moving beyond the stuckness of the present
Our events on the 1990 Strangeways prison protest left everyone with lots to think about
Talk given to the After Strangeways webinar
Speech to After Strangeways event
It felt like neglect
The Covid crisis in prisons is one incubated in Whitehall
Doing everything thing that we can?
The failure to keep prisoners out of harm’s way is a scandal
Vaccinate prison staff and prisoners now
The failure to vaccinate all prisoners is short-sighted and risks spreading the disease
Not in the job description
The Chief Inspector of Prisons should focus on the day job, not call for more prisons
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