Prison Service Journal

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Women With Learning Disabilities In Prison: What Else Needs To Be Done?

[Prison Service Journal (2023)]

PSJ article written by former Unlocked Graduate, Beth Sutherland.

Keywords: female offenders, disabilities

Trauma Informed Practice in a Women’s Prison

[Prison Service Journal (2023)]

PSJ article written by former Unlocked Graduate, Iona Warren, includes observations on practice and recommendations for improvement.

Keywords: female offenders, trauma

PSJ Special Edition: The Health and Wellbeing of Prison Staff

[Prison Service Journal (2023)]

This special edition of the Prison Service Journal focuses on factors impacting on the health and wellbeing of staff and how they might be ameliorated.

Keywords: staff wellbeing

Prisoner Wellbeing: A synthesis of the evidence base

[Prison Service Journal (2023)]

This PSJ article summarises the evidence base relating to the wellbeing, focusing primarily on who may be most at risk of wellbeing difficulties, and on what might be done to help support positive wellbeing in prisons.

Keywords: wellbeing

Improving well-being through the use of Trauma-Informed spaces

[Prison Service Journal (2023)]

PSJ article written by former Unlocked Graduate, Scarlett Thomas, on building safe spaces for prisoners and staff and their impact on wellbeing.

Keywords: trauma

Barriers to Effective Staff Communication in a Custodial Setting

[Prison Service Journal (2023)]

PSJ article written by former Unlocked Graduate, Bethany Kendle, on barriers to effective communication and how they might be addressed in custodial settings.

Keywords: communication

Families Inside: Young people’s experiences of serving a sentence at the same time as a family member

[Prison Service Journal (2022)]

PSJ article on the impact on young people serving a sentence at the same time as another familiy member.

Keywords: young people, families

The Impact of a Progression Regime on Observed Behaviour Indicators

[Prison Service Journal (2022)]

PSJ article summarising research into the impact of progressions regimes on institutional behaviour in prison.

Keywords: progression regimes

Engagement and co-production with people living in prison or who are under supervision in the community

[Prison Service Journal (2022)]

This special edition of the Prison Service Journal explores engagement and co-production with people living in prison or who are under supervision in the community.

Keywords: engagement, co-production

PSJ Special Edition on life imprisonment

[Prison Service Journal (2022)]

Special edition of PSJ looking at life imprisonment and its impact on prisoners and their families.

Keywords: lifers