Prisons after Woolf: Reform through Riot

Player, Elaine; Jenkins, Michael

ISBN 10: 041507956X / ISBN 13: 9780415079563

Published by Routledge, London, UK, 1994

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VERY GOOD hardcover, no marks in text, clean exterior.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Prisons after Woolf: Reform through Riot
• Publisher: Routledge, London, UK
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041507956X
• ISBN 13: 9780415079563
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Alibris

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Synopsis

For the past few years prisons have attracted much media attention, due to substantial increases in the prison population and the deteriorating conditions in which prisoners are held. In addition, there has been industrial action by prison officers and a series of disturbances and riots by prisoners.
Following the riot at Strangeways prison in Manchester in 1990 Lord Justice Woolf was called to conduct an inquiry into the riots and their causes. Prisons After Woolf serves as a basic source of information on prison issues and reviews them in the light of the Woolf proposals. In so doing, its contributors, drawn from all areas of the legal and prison system, present an important broad perspective on the major questions in penology today.

About the Author

Elaine Player, Michael Jenkins