Prison Service Journal 267

This general edition of Prison Service Journal discusses a range of issues concerning both those living and working within prisons.

It also includes the announcement of the winner of the Bennett Award for Outstanding Article 2022: ‘Living in the present, imagining a future: Children and young people navigating the mandatory life sentence’, by Rachel Tynan, which appeared in PSJ 261.

In this edition

This general edition of Prison Service Journal discusses a range of issues concerning both those living and working within prisons which will be of interest to readers

Legal policy and current context

By Hesam Seyyed Esfahani and Carole C Tranchant

Using the Observations of Correctional Staff to Detect Psychopathy According to the CAPP Model

By Dr Malin Pauli, Sofia Bermås, Dr Jenny Liljeberg and Dr Katarina Howner

A synthesis of the evidence base

By Kate Netten and Dr Rachel A Gibson

An Exploration of Prison Design and Wellbeing

By Kelsey Engstrom and Esther van Ginneken

Is It Fit For Purpose?

By Kaigan D Carrie

By Rhianon Williams, Carmen Valeria Baias, Inês de Castro, Ângela Fernandes, Autun Purser, Alexander Vollbach and Daiana Huber

An Analysis from the Perspective of the Correctional Officer

By Rosemary Ricciardelli, Marcella Siqueira Cassiano, Dale C Spencer and Ayla Zehtab Jadid

Awarded to Rachel Tynan for her article, ‘Living in the present, imagining a future: Children and young people navigating the mandatory life sentence’