Background The prison population in England and Wales is approximately 85,000, and elevated rates of mental health difficulties have been reported among the prisoners. Despite frequent recommendations for family interventions to optimise prisoner outcomes, the evidence for its use and impact in prison ...
It also surpasses the highest number of prisoners in England and Wales ever recorded, which was 88,336 at the end of February 2024, based on separate figures for the end-of-month population size. It comes after news that only 100 places were left in male populat...
Prison population hits record high after riots and bank holiday arrests The prison population of England and Wales has hit a record high, new Ministry of Justice figures show. A total of 88,350 people were in prison as of 30 August, up 116 from 88,234 a week ago and a j...
Louise Ridley said: "The prison population in England and Wales is not only increasing, but it is ageing. Increased use of life sentences and the creation of indeterminate sentences mean that the number of older prisoners is growing. "Our current research will consider how prisons in the North...
A literature review of transgender people in prison: An “invisible” population in England and Wales. Prison Service Journal 233:11–22. A literature review highlighting the lack of concrete knowledge about transgender imprisonment in the UK. Lydon, Jason, Kamaria Carrington, Hana Low, Reed ...
WHY HAS PRISON EMERGED AS A PROMINENT FORM OF PUNISHMENT FOR MOST CRIME AND WHAT ARE ITS FUNCTIONS IN RELATION TO WIDER SOCIETY? Following the Second World War the prison population in England and Wales increaseddramatically and continues to rise, even though crime rates have reduced since 1997....
PrisonServicePsychology- EnglandandWalesCynthiaMcDougallBackgroundInformationHMPrisonServicehasrecentlybecomeanAgency,whichallowsmorecontrolovermanagementofitsownaffairswithinaframeworkagreedwithGovernmentMinisters.TheServiceisdividedinto15areaswhicharemanagedbyareamanagersbasedinheadquarters.Theareamanagersareeachresponsiblefor...
Almost a third of all prisoners in England and Wales are released early and finish their sentence electronically monitored (EM) under the Home Detention Curfew (HDC) scheme since its introduction in 1999. This makes it the largest EM release policy in the world and its stated aim is to impro...
Implementing change: staff experiences of changes to prison mental healthcare in England and Wales Purpose – Stemming from substantial criticism during the late twentieth and early twenty‐first century, the UK government and HM Prison Service developed... LS Caulfield,H Twort - 《International Journ...
8 England and Wales Projections of long term trends in the prison population to 2008 England and WalesProjections of long term trends in the prison population to 2008 England and WalesC. GrayM. Elkins