Prison Service Journal 263

This general edition of Prison Service Journal discusses contemporary issues and concerns, in-depth and evidence-based analysis of various topics.

Prison Service Journal continues to offer a platform for practitioners, academics, and others with an interest to engage with the contemporary and enduring challenges of prison life, with the aim to examine those issues from both a theoretical perspective, but also encompassing the reality of the everyday experiences of those who live and work in prisons.

In this edition:

• Editorial comment
• The Impact of a Progression Regime on Observed Behaviour Indicators, by Javier Sánchez-Díaz and Lisa Edmondson
• Closing the evidence to practice gap: how can we embed procedural justice principles into complaint responses to prisoners?, by Jo Voisey, Flora Fitzalan Howard, Dr Helen Wakeling, Nicola Cunningham, Scott Lane and Jayne Kirkpatrick
• When an Inspector Calls: Perceptions of Oversight among Prison Management, by Dr Sarah Curristan and Dr Mary Rogan
• Prisoner Death Investigations: Setting the Agenda for Change, Dr Philippa Tomczak
• Families Inside: Young people’s experiences of serving a sentence at the same time as a family member, Dr Kirsty Deacon
• ‘Out of Sight Out of Mind’: Arguing the Case for Social Workers in Women’s Prisons, by Dr Lucy Baldwin, Katia Parent, Becky Wray and Jo Mulcahy
• Do prisoners have the right to create a family? A comparative approach of the prisoners’ access to assisted reproduction in the United Kingdom, France and Belgium, by Ariane Amado

Book reviews:

• The honest politician’s guide to prisons and probation, by Roy King and Lucy Willmott (reviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett)
• Understanding the Educational Experiences of Imprisoned Men: (Re)Education, by Helen Nichols (reviewed by Angelique Mulholland)
• Understanding the Educational Experiences of Imprisoned Men: (Re)Education, by Helen Nichols (reviewed by Glenn)