Prison Service Journal

Joint-Editors

Dr Flora Fitzalan Howard KTA Research and Consulting
Dr Rachel Gibson HM Prison and Probation Service
Dr Marcia Morgan HM Prison and Probation Service

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Postal address

Prison Service Journal, c/o Print Shop Manager, HMP Leyhill, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 8HL.

Back catalogue

We are in the process of digitising and uploading the entire back catalogue of Prison Service Journal, from the first edition in 1960.

A complete run from 1960 to 1995 is now available, alongside a complete run from September 2010 to the present day.


1 July 1986
A general edition of Prison Service Journal, produced against the background of major industrial action and prison disturbances
1 April 1986
A general edition of Prison Service Journal
2 January 1986
Articles in this edition of Prison Service Journal focus largely on the future of the service
1 October 1985
This edition of Prison Service Journal includes articles by David J Cornwell on rehabilitation; S D Pascoe on parole; and Roy Light on Barlinnie
1 July 1985
This edition of Prison Service Journal includes articles by Gordon Morrison on the Dutch prison system; John Shaw on race relations training; and John Vagg and Mike Maguire on boards of visitors
1 April 1985
Articles in this edition of Prison Service Journal include Clem Norman on the prison service management structure; John Fisher on Leicester prison and Jack Reynolds on wages for prisoners
2 January 1985
This edition of Prison Service Journal carries a range of articles, including on life sentence prisoners, legal representation, and meditation.
1 October 1984
A general edition of Prison Service Journal
2 July 1984
Articles in this edition of Prison Service Journal cover probation, social work, therapeutic communities, and Swedish prisons, among other things
2 April 1984
A general edition of Prison Service Journal, with articles on alcohol, part-time prison and imprisonment in the 1980s, among other things
3 January 1984
The articles in this edition of Prison Service Journal cover two themes: alternatives to custody and the relationship between prison and probation
3 October 1983
A general edition of Prison Service Journal