HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales annual report 2008-09 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales annual report 2008-09 write by Great Britain: H.M. Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales. This book was released on 2010-02-24. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales annual report 2008-09 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the inspection year (September 2008 to August 2009) a total of 93 custodial establishments were inspected. Each establishment is assessed against four healthy prison tests: safety, respect, purposeful activity and resettlement. 72 per cent of assessments were positive. Full inspection reports made 4,513 recommendations for improvement, of which 96 per cent were accepted, wholly or in principle, by the National Offender Management Service. Unannounced follow-up inspections found that overall 67 per cent of recommendations had been achieved. Open and women's prisons performed best, with training prisons showing the lowest level of achievement. The Inspectorate published 103 reports on a wide range of establishments and topics. The annual report reflects on progress in reducing the women's prison population, contrasting with no discernable progress for young adults in prison who remain a neglected and under-resourced age-group with a high rate of re-offending. The report stresses the continual pressure from an increasing population set against actual and threatened budget cuts. Population pressure affects the whole system - stretching resources and managerial energy, keeping in use buildings that should be condemned, doubling-up prisoners in cramped cells, leading to unnecessary and destabilising prisoner moves. All this compromises successful rehabilitation. In 2009 the Inspectorate became the co-ordinator for the UK's National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) established under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment. The NPM consists of 18 existing bodies which are independent and have the right to inspect all places of detention.
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales Annual Report 2007-08
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales Annual Report 2007-08 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales Annual Report 2007-08 write by Hm Inspectorate of Prisons. This book was released on 2009-01-29. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales Annual Report 2007-08 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. After a year in which prisons held a record number of prisoners, the prison system remains under pressure, and important lessons must be learnt if prisons are to be safe and effective. Despite sustained and chronic pressure, the report recognises progress over the past year. Overall, the Inspectorate's assessments of prisons inspected last year were more positive than those of prisons inspected the previous year, particularly in resettlement work. The number of self-inflicted deaths also decreased last year. The Chief Inspector identifies a number of warning signs, and new concerns: growing concerns about safety, particularly in dispersal prisons and young offender institutions, and rates of self-harm among women; unsuitable, cramped or unhygienic accommodation in some prisons; difficulties in complying with duties under the Disability Discrimination Act, and other equality duties; low activity levels in too many training prisons; the growing problem of alcohol misuse and the limited investment in this in prisons or the community; the potential effect of the recession on prisoners' employment and resettlement prospects. The report also refers to the inspection of immigration detention and the new inspection programme on police custody. Immigration removal centres were, on the whole, less safe and respectful than those inspected last year, though activity and welfare support had improved. The detention of children remains a major concern and is ripe for review. Inspections of police custody, jointly with the Inspectorate of Constabulary, have confirmed much good practice, but also revealed some deficiencies.
Sentencing and Punishment
Sentencing and Punishment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sentencing and Punishment write by Susan Easton. This book was released on 2012-06-14. Sentencing and Punishment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This text presents an overview of sentencing and punishment from penological, social policy and legal perspectives. It provides an accessible account of the changing attitudes of the public, policy makers and the judiciary regarding what constitutes 'just' punishment.
Sport in Prison
Sport in Prison - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sport in Prison write by Rosie Meek. This book was released on 2013-11-07. Sport in Prison available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although prison can present a critical opportunity to engage with offenders through interventions and programming, reoffending rates among those released from prison remain stubbornly high. Sport can be a means through which to engage with even the most challenging and complex individuals caught up in a cycle of offending and imprisonment, by offering an alternative means of excitement and risk taking to that gained through engaging in offending behaviour, or by providing an alternative social network and access to positive role models. This is the first book to explore the role of sport in prisons and its subsequent impact on rehabilitation and behavioural change. The book draws on research literature on the beneficial role of sport in community settings and on prison cultures and regimes, across disciplines including criminology, psychology, sociology and sport studies, as well as original qualitative and quantitative data gathered from research in prisons. It unpacks the meanings that prisoners and staff attach to sport participation and interventions in order to understand how to promote behavioural change through sport most effectively, while identifying and tackling the key emerging issues and challenges. Sport in Prison is essential reading for any advanced student, researcher, policy-maker or professional working in the criminal justice system with an interest in prisons, offending behaviour, rehabilitation, sport development, or the wider social significance of sport.
The Future of Children’s Rights
The Future of Children’s Rights - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Future of Children’s Rights write by Michael Freeman. This book was released on 2015-01-08. The Future of Children’s Rights available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume is in part intended to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. We are now a generation on from its formulation, and, as this varied collection of articles by leading thinkers in the field reflects, children's rights have come a long way. Yet the aim of this volume is not to look back, but to take stock and look forward. It explores subjects as diverse as socio-economic rights, corporal punishment, language and scientific progress as they relate to children and their rights, and offers new insights and new ideas. Edited by one of the most respected and leading scholars in the field, The Future of Children's Rights constitutes a stimulating and useful resource for academics and practitioners alike.
