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OverviewWhat does a good prison look like? Over eleven million people are currently locked up in prisons across the world, but does that mean that prison actually works? The answer usually depends on what people believe and feel about crime, punishment and what happens inside prisons. The deep social and personal impact of prisons demands that we try to search for a better understanding of the evidence and ideas that have made prisons so ubiquitous. Hindpal Singh Bhui, with 20 years’ experience of visiting and working in prisons worldwide, argues that we need to look at who is sent there and why, to disentangle reality from ideology and myth. Introducing the competing histories of prisons and allowing the voices of prisoners, prison staff and victims to be heard, he asks whether there is a better way to achieve what society wants from its prisons. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hindpal Singh Bhui (University of Oxford)Publisher: Bristol University Press Imprint: Bristol University Press ISBN: 9781529226898ISBN 10: 1529226899 Pages: 182 Publication Date: 26 March 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. A Journey into Prisons 2. A Brief History of Imprisonment in the West 3. The Emergence of Prison around the World 4. Mass Incarceration, Race and Crime 5. Do the Crime, Do the Time? Who Are Prisoners? 6. Experiencing Prison 7. Where Next for Prisons?ReviewsAuthor InformationDr Hindpal Singh Bhui OBE is an Inspection Team Leader at HM Inspectorate of Prisons and a Visiting Law Professor at the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford. He has worked in prisons for over 25 years undertaking hundreds of visits to places of detention around the world. He has also led various thematic reviews on custody in England and Wales, including on foreign prisoners, minority ethnic prisoners, rehabilitative work and immigration detention. He has given evidence to numerous UK parliamentary committees, public inquiries and the European Parliament, and is a regular speaker at international conferences. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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