Prison Service Journal: 250

On the release of the 250th Prison Service Journal, the issue offers contributors the opportunity to reflect upon prisons and imprisonment in the past half a century.

In this edition:

• Editorial comment
• Prisons and politics, by Richard Garside
• Glimpses across 50 years of prison life from members of British Convict Criminology, by Dr Rod Earle and Dr Bill Davies
• The modern prison in a ‘fear-haunted world’, by Professor Joe Sim
• From Alcatraz to Dannemora: ‘flights from’ and ‘flights to’ in prison escape stories, by Dr Sarah Moore
• ‘The learning happens in the interaction’: exploring the ‘magic’ of the interpersonal in Learning Together, by Dr Ruth Armstrong, Dr Amy Ludlow, Dr Ingrid Obsuth and Dr Simon Larmour
• Interview: Dr Jo Farrar, interviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett