This general edition of the Prison Service Journal brings together a range of articles, interviews, and book reviews.
Articles in this edition include an article by Tony Blair on the future of the prison service, Ron Curtis and Pam Durrant on drug couriers at HMP Highpoint, and an interview with Michael Mansfield QC, the barrister who succesffully argued for the release of Judith Ward.
Also in this edition: the National Prison Survey, by Liz Howard and Sheila White, and Dr. Eric Cullen on the The Grendon Reconviction Study.
In this edition:
- Comment
- HMP Highpoint and Drug Couriers, by Ron Curtis and Pam Durrant
- A visit to a Russian Prison, by J.J. Ramwell
- William Douglas Home (1912-1992), by Mike Nellis
- People in glass houses..., by Peter Garrard
- The National Prison Survey, by Liz Howard and Sheila White
- Expansion, Reduction, Privatisation
- The Future of the Prison Service, by Tony Blair
- Penal Policy and Prison Management, by Andrew Rutherford
- Prisons for whose profit? by Andrew Coyle
- The Grendon Reconviction Study, by Dr. Eric Cullen
- Letters
- Interview with Michael Mansfield QC, interviewed by Dr Wilson
- Lookout: Top 10 tips for success to Derek Lewis
Reviews
- Prison Rules: A Working Guide, by the Prison Reform Trust (reviewed by Officer A. McGrattan, HMP Woodhill)
- Community Care and Mentally Disturbed Offenders (Policy Paper One), BY NACRO (reviewed by Officer Will Abbot, HMP Woodhill)
- Man Bites Dog, directed by Remmy Belvaux (reviewed by Officer T. Mcphillips, HMP Woodhill)
