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A quarter of a century has passed since the Thatcher government launched one of its most controversial reforms: privately run prisons. This book offers an asses

Maintaining prisons at a safe and acceptable standard is an expensive and complex undertaking. This National Audit Office investigation of maintenance and upkee

The prison population in England and Wales has been increasing since the 1990s and by November 2005 it reached a record level of 77,800, resulting in increased

The National Offender Management Service directly manages 117 public prisons, manages the contracts of 14 private prisons, and is responsible for a prisoner pop

Contemporary probation practice is developing rapidly and is become increasingly professionalized. Probation officers are typically described now as offender ma