Prison Service Journal: 257

The latest issue of Prison Service Journal, co-edited by Dr Jamie Bennett and Dr David Maguire, explores the topic of sex and gender in prisons and wider criminal justice policy and practice. 

In this edition: 

• Editorial comment
• Failing Men: masculinities and gendered pains of Imprisonment, by Dr David Maguire
• Perinatal women’s experiences of access to expertise, information and appropriate medical attention in prison, by Kathryn Cahalin, Dr. Matthew Callender, Valentina Lugli and Claire Weston
• The experiences of women prison governors, by Verity Smith
• Incarcerated Motherhood: Reflecting on 100 years of imprisoning mothers, by Dr Lucy Baldwin and Dr Laura Abbott
• Made by men for men? In search of a gender responsive approach to men in prison, by Omar Phoenix Khan
• Interview: Marie McCourt, One Woman’s Struggle for Justice, interviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett
• Interview: Alex Chalk MP, Solicitor General for England and Wales, and former Minister for Prisons and Probation, interviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett

Book review:

• The Ambiguities of Desistance: Ex-offenders, Higher Education and the Desistance Journey, by David Honeywell (Reviewed by Dr Helen Nichols)