Prison Service Journal

The Prison Service Journal (PSJ) is published by HM Prison Service. Its purpose is to promote discussion on issues related to the work of the Prison Service, the wider Criminal Justice System and associated fields. This site contains a selection of articles from PSJ. To obtain a full copy of PSJ, see the subscriptions page.

Please note: The Prison Service Web Team wish to make it clear that the views expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of HM Prison Service.

In the current issue...

		Proliferating Coercive Control and Crisis: The Official Uses and Abuses of Modern High-Security in Australia
		Dr. Bree Carlton is a Lecturer in Criminology at Monash University. Her book Imprisoning Resistance: Life and Death in an Australian Supermax was published in 2007.

		‘Twisted Up': Assessing the Future Use of Physical Restraint in Young Offender Institutions
		Kate Gooch is a postgraduate teaching assistant and PhD candidate at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham.

		Trust in the Justice System: A Comparative View Across Europe
		Steven Van de Walle is Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

		Reading Together: the Role of the Reading Group Inside Prison
		Professor Jenny Hartley and Sarah Turvey teach literature in the School of Arts, Roehampton University.

		The Interview: Deirdre O'Neill
		Deirdre O'Neill is the founder of Inside Film an independent organisation that promotes the use of film-making with marginalised groups including prisoners. She is interviewed by Jamie Bennett who is Governor of HMP Morton Hall.


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