This special edition of the Prison Service Journal brings together a range of articles exploring transitions into, within and out of prison, which will be of interest to our readers.
Articles in this special edition of the Prison Service Journal examine the concept of transitions into, within, and out of prison, including movement between prison establishments during a sentence, transitions from custody into the community through probation supervision and Approved Premises, and shifts in identity and role experienced during imprisonment.
Also in this edition are articles by Daria Przybylska on women’s experiences of open prisons in England and Wales and the impact of population pressures on resettlement functions; Alex Fishwick on transitions from prison wings into Substance Use Disorder Therapeutic Communities and the associated sensory and identity shifts; Abigail Stark on how citizenship is experienced and reworked during imprisonment; Laura Kelly-Corless and Dan McCulloch on the transition from prison officer to prisoner through the case of a deaf individual; Jennifer Stickney, Emma Holmes and Chris Gunderson on the HMPPS Settlement Model and its role in supporting key transitions in custody; Darren Woodward on men convicted of sexual offences navigating Approved Premises and the challenges of stigma and identity; and Kirsty Teague, Nicholas Blagden and Lynn Saunders on the Safer Living Centre and its role in supporting reintegration, dignity and desistance.
The edition is based on research and discussions originally presented at a conference hosted by the University of Lancashire’s Centre for Criminal Justice Research and Partnerships and funded by the British Society of Criminology Prison Research Network, which highlighted the importance of better understanding transitions across the custodial journey.
In this edition
Introducing this special edition of Prison Service Journal
By Dr Ruth Parkes, Dr Laura Kelly-Corless and Dr Abigail Stark.
Drawing on data from a semi-ethnographic study of women’s open prisons in England & Wales, this article explores the impact of population pressures on the social dynamics and resettlement function of these establishments
By Daria Przybylska
Transitional movements from conventional prison wings to Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Therapeutic Communities (TCs) in prison are unique experiences with complex motivational drivers and heightened susceptibility to sensory and emotional overloads.
By Alex Fishwick
Despite intrinsic connections between punishment and notions of citizenship, the subjective meaning citizenship holds for criminalised people has been neglected in academic literature.
By Abigail Stark
Existing studies have explored the experiences of both prison officers and imprisoned people in significant depth
By Dr Laura Kelly-Corless and Dr Daniel McCulloch
Entering prison is a significant life event, an abrupt change that may have a substantial and a long-lasting impact on individuals being detained
By Jennifer Stickney, Emma Holmes and Chris Gunderson
Criminology has conventionally focussed on the onset and punishment of crime
By Darren Woodward
In 2019, the Safer Living Foundation (SLF) charity opened its first Safer Living Centre (SLC) in Nottingham, England, which operates in agreement with probation to support the desistance of sexual crime
By Kirsty Teague, Nicholas Blagden and Lynn Saunders
