Bøger af Andrew Coyle

How do governments and societies use prison to respond to underlying and fundamental social, economic and political issues? Using data on world imprisonment and numerous international examples from his personal experience, Coyle, a prison practitioner, academic and international expert, discusses the failings of prison around the world. Acknowledging the influence of external agencies, such as the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and court interventions in the use of solitary confinement, he offers some positive pointers for the future and how there might be a better distribution of resources between criminal justice and social justice by an application of the principles of Justice Reinvestment.

Offers an examination of prisons - how they function, what they achieve, and their historical and political context. This book describes how prisons developed into their present form. It looks at who is sent to prison and what happens to them while they are there. It explains how the prison system and staff in England and Wales are organised.