A general issue covering a range of topics.
Articles in this issue include Dominque Moran and colleagues on the Victoria prison, Ian D Marder and colleagues on open prisons, and Maggie Leese and Victoria Bell on new psychoactive substances.
In this edition
Introducing this general edition examining different types of prisons, different groups of prisoners and the experiences of staff
State of the field and future directions
By Dr Ian D Marder, Magali Lapouge, Dr Joe Garrihy and Dr Avril M Brandon
By Professor Dominique Moran, Professor Yvonne Jewkes, Dr Eleanor March and Professor Matt Houlbrook
New psychoactive substance use and prison officer well-being
By Dr Maggie Leese and Dr Victoria Bell
By Julia Telfer, Dr Marianne Markowski, Dr Christina Malamateniou, Susanna Duthoit and Deborah Smith
An analysis of the responses to the Church of Pentecost (CoP) prison project in Ghana
By Dr Charles Prempeh
Interview with Michael Capra, Superintendent of Sing Sing prison in New York State
By Bryonn Bain