Recent publications

• Barak-Erez, D. (2011) "The Private Prison Controversy and the Privatization Continuum," Law & Ethics of Human Rights: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1, Article 4.
  Available at: http://www.bepress.com/lehr/vol5/iss1/art4

• Bradley, Lord (2009) Lord Bradley’s Review of  people with mental health problems or learning disabilities in the criminal justice system, London, Department of Health.

• Department of Health (2011) No health without mental health, London, Department of Health.

• Dudeck, M. et al (2011) ‘Traumatization and mental distress in long-term prisoners in Europe’, Punishment and Society, 13:4, 403-23.

• Edgar, K., Jacobson, J. and Biggar, K. (2011) Time Well Spent: A Practical Guide to Active Citizenship and Volunteering in Prison, London, Prison Reform Trust.

• Green, P. (2010) Barbed: What Happened Next? Follow up story of employees of a prison social enterprise,  London, Howard League.

• HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (2011) Annual Report 2010-11, London HMIP.

• House of Commons Justice Committee (2010) Cutting Crime: The case for Justice Reinvestment, London, House of Commons

• International Centre for Prison Studies (2011) World Prison Brief, Colchester, University of Essex.

• Kruttshnitt, C. and Dirkzwager (2011) ‘Are there still Contrasts in Tolerance? Imprisonment in the Netherlands and England 20 years later’, Punishment and Society 13(3) 283-306.

• Meek, R. (2008) High Security Prisons: Prisoner Perspectives, London, Howard League.

• Ministry of Justice (2011) Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2010, London Ministry of  Justice.

• Ministry of Justice (2011) Prison annual performance ratings, London, Ministry of Justice/NOMS

• Ministry of Justice (2011) Prison Population Projections 2011 – 2017 England and Wales, London Ministry of Justice.

• Ministry of Justice (2010) Compendium of reoffending statistics and analysis, Ministry of Justice Statistics Bulletin,4 November 2010. (This is one on Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction)

• National Audit Office (2010) Managing Offenders on Short Custodial Sentences, London, The Stationery Office.

• National Offender Management Service (2011) Annual Report and Accounts 2010-2011, London, The Stationery Office, HC 1345.

• NPM  (2011) Monitoring Places of Detention: First Annual Report of the United Kingdom’s National Preventive Mechanism, 1 April 2009 – 31 March 2010, Cm 8010, London,  The Stationery Office.

• Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales (2011) Annual Report 2010- 2011, London CM 8105.

• Prison Reform Trust (2011) Prison Reform trust submission to the Ministry of Justice: Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders, London, PRT.

• Scott, D. and Codd, H.  (2010) Controversial Issues in Prisons, McGraw Hill/Open University Press

• Trebilcock, J. (2010) The reality of short term prison sentences: early findings from research with the Prison Governors’ Association, London, Howard League.

• Trebilcock, J. (2011) No Winners – the reality of short term prison sentences, London, Howard League.

 New cases

• Frodl v Austria App No 20201/04 (8 April 2010).

• Greens and MT v UK, Application Nos. 60041/08 and 60054/08 (23 November 2010)

• Scoppola v Italy  App No. 126/05 (20 June 2011)

Critique

• Codd, H. (2007) 'Prisoners' families and resettlement: a critical analysis', Howard Journal Criminal Justice 46:3, 255-63. [This article considers the implications of supporting prisoners' families.]

• Hucklesby, A. and Hagley-Dickinson, L. (eds) (2007) Prisoner Resettlement: Policy and Practice, Cullompton, Willan. [This new collection critically reviews current policy and practice on prisoner resettlement.]

• Jacobson, J. and Hough, M. (2010) Unjust Deserts: Imprisonment for Public Protection, London, Prison Reform Trust.

• Jewkes, E. and Johnson, M. (eds) (2006) Prison Readings: A critical introduction to prisons and imprisonment. Cullompton: Willan

• Jewkes, Y. (ed) (2007) Handbook on Prisons, Cullompton: Willan

• King, R. and Resodihardjo, S. (2010) ‘To max or not to max: Dealing with high risk prisoners in the Netherlands and England and Wales’ Punishment & Society, Vol. 12, No. 1, 65-84
  The authors consider the choices made on dealing with high risk offenders in the Dutch Prison Service and the Prison Service of England and Wales in the 1990s and the influences on those choices. The role of the media and politicians is considered and the situation is compared with the development of super-max prisons in the United States.

• Murphy, T. and Whitty, N. (2007) 'Risk and human rights in UK Prison Governance' Brit Jnl Crim, 47(5) 798-816. [The authors argue for an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of risk, human rights and regulation in prison governance.]

Policy documents

• Carter, P. (2003) Managing Offenders, Reducing Crime. London, Stationery Office

• Home Office (2004) Reducing Crime: Changing Lives, London, Home Office.

• Lord Carter (2007), Securing the Future: Proposals for the efficient and sustainable use of custody in England and Wales, Ministry of Justice, December 2007, available from www.justice.gov.uk

• Ministry of Justice (May 2007) Penal Policy - a background paper (May 2007) available from www.justice.gov.uk

Public opinion

• Roberts, J. and Hough, M. (2005) 'The State of the Prisons: Exploring Public Knowledge and Opinion' Howard Journal Vol 44(3) 286-306.

Prisoners' rights

• Department of Constitutional Affairs (2006) Voting Rights of Convicted Prisoners detained in the United Kingdom, Consultation Paper, (14th December 2006) available from http://www.dca.gov.uk

• Easton, S. (2006) 'Electing the electorate: the problem of prisoner disenfranchisement' MLR 69(3) 443-52.

• Easton, S. (2008) 'Constructing citizenship: making room for prisoners' rights', Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 30: 2127-146.

• Easton, S. (2009) ‘The prisoner's right to vote and civic responsibility', Probation Journal 56(6) 224-37.

• Ministry of Justice (2009) Voting Rights of Convicted Prisoners Detained within the United Kingdom, Second Stage Consultation, London Ministry of Justice

• Frodl v Austria Application No. 20201/04 (8 April 2010)

• R (Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice and another [2009] WLR (D) 316 

Prison staff

• Bennett, J., Crewe, B. and Wahidin, A. (eds) (2007) Understanding Prison Staff, Cullompton, Willan. [This collection considers the current issues facing prison staff.]

Reports

• HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (2004) Annual Report of HM Chief Inspector for England and Wales 2002-2003, London, Stationery Office

• HM Prison Service (2004) Annual Report 2003/04, London, Stationery Office

• H.M. Prison Service (2006) Annual Report April 2005-March 2006, published 17 July 2006.

• HM Prison Service (2007) Annual Report and Accounts April 2006 - March 2007, London, HMSO

• Woolf, H. and Tumin, S. (1991) Prison Disturbances April 1990, Cm 1456. London, HMSO.

• Silva, N. et al (2007) Prison Population Projections 2007-2014, England and Wales, London, Ministry of Justice.

Statistics

• Da Silva, N., Cowell, P., Chinegwundoh, V., Mason, T., Maresh, J. and Williamson, K. (2007) Prison Population Projections 2007-2014, England and Wales. London, Ministry of Justice. [The latest prison population projections for 2014, based on current sentencing trends, published in 2007, indicate that the lowest figure will be 88,800 and the highest figure 101,900.]