Symposium on controversial issues in prisons

I will be speaking in Preston this week.  Full details of the event are:

British Society of Criminology (NW Branch)

Symposium on controversial issues in prisons

Harrington Lecture Theatre, University of Central Lancashire,

September 22nd 2010

Programme

9.00 – 9.30 - Welcome and registration

9.30 - 11.00 Morning Session: Exploring controversial issues in prisons (part 1)

• David Scott, University of Central Lancashire -Thinking about controversial issues in prison
• Deborah Coles, INQUEST - Self inflicted deaths of women in prison
• Barry Goldson, Liverpool University - Child incarceration, state-sanctioned violence and cultures of impunity

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.00 Morning Session: Exploring controversial issues in prisons (part 2)

• Toby Seddon, Manchester University - Mental health in prison
• Elaine Crawley, Salford University  - Elder prisoners
• Helen Codd, University of Central Lancashire  - Families of prisoners

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch Break

14.00 – 14.55 Afternoon Session: Responding to controversial issues in prisons (part 1)

• Joseph Trueman - A view from an ex-prisoner
• Jamie Bennett, HM Prison Service - Prison Managerialism: How prison managers respond to controversial issues

14.55 – 15.05 Short Interval

15.05 – 16.00 Afternoon Session: Responding to controversial issues in prisons (part 2)

• Joe Sim, Liverpool John Moores University -We Are All Liberals Now: Science, prison staff and the Prison-Welfare Industry
• John Moore, University of West England  - The limits of penal reform

16.00-16.15 Close of symposium

For further information and / or to register for your free place and free buffet lunch please contact David Scott

The real number of children, women and men locked up

David Scott in an article for criminal justice matters in 2008 calculated that there were over one hundred and eight thousand people detained in the UK.  The normally figure quoted in the number of prisoners in England and Wales but this does not include Scotland, Northern Ireland, Refugee prisons or those detained under Mental heath laws.

(Source: Scott, D. (2008) ‘Thinking about detention’, Criminal Justice Matters, Vol. 71, No. 1.)

Although CJM normally requires a subscription this article is in an edition which offers free access.

It includes an article "Prison  - more than detentiion?" written by me