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Have prisons become a dangerous place? Disproportionality, safety and mental health in British Prisons

Have prisons become a dangerous place? Disproportionality, safety and mental health in British Prisons

Jolliffe, Darrick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4590-6343 and Haque, Zubaida (2017) Have prisons become a dangerous place? Disproportionality, safety and mental health in British Prisons. Project Report. The Runnymede Trust.

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Abstract

In 2016, the Chief Inspector of Prisons reported that the prison service was in crisis and that ‘our prisons have become unacceptably violent and dangerous places’. In this year’s HMIP report he argues that ‘the situation has not improved; in fact, it has become worse’. It is clear that prisons in England and Wales are in chaos. A record number of people are dying, violence is at an all-time high and the living conditions for those in prison are far below acceptable standards. Moreover, there is significant evidence that many of the negative outcomes and deteriorating conditions of prison life are even worse for Black, Asian and ethnic minority (BME) prisoners.

Item Type: Monograph (Project Report)
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Uncontrolled Keywords: Prison; Disproportionality; Discrimination
Subjects: K Law > K Law (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Law & Criminology (LAC)
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > Crime, Law & (In)Security Research Group (CLS)
Last Modified: 01 Nov 2021 00:11
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/20107

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