This edition of Prison Service Journal explores themes related to prison reform and prison abolition
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
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 1994 is now available, alongside a complete run from September 2010 to the present day.
2 March 2017
This edition of Prison Service Journal addresses themes regarding safety and rehabilitation
3 January 2017
This issue has a special focus on the informal dynamics of survival in Latin American prisons.
31 October 2016
A special edition of Prison Service Journal, looking at restorative justice in prisons.
31 August 2016
This edition of Prison Service Journal speaks to a number of current issues in criminal justice and penal practice.
5 July 2016
This special edition, guest edited by Paul Crossey and Dr Kate Gooch, focuses on young people in custody.
5 May 2016
This special edition, on the transformational potential of prison education, is both a celebration about possibilities, and a critique of current models.
2 March 2016
This edition covers two subjects of central interest to the Prison Service Journal: the insection of theory and practice, and the value of the direct and unmediated voice of those inside prisons.
7 January 2016
The edition of Prison Service Journal, guested edited by Dr Bill Davies and Helen Nichols, takes a look at recent insights from prison research.
30 November 2015
This edition, edited by Dr Jamie Bennett and Dr Ben Crewe, examines prison management from a range of perspectives.
1 October 2015
This edition of Prison Service Journal, guest edited by Dr Ruth Mann and Jeannine Hendrick, examines what causes prison violence, what works in reducing prison violence, and equally importantly, what doesn’t work.
22 July 2015
This edition of Prison Service Journal offers an eclectic mix of articles revealing something of the penal spectrum as it touches upon prisons, youth imprisonment, the experience of state care, immigration detention and community punishment.