From the end of 2017, to April 2019, the Butler Trust's Director, Simon Shepherd, visited every closed prison in England & Wales to ask prisoners, staff, and managers about the good things going on in each establishment. Some of his key findings are set out here. For more information visit the Good Book of Prisons website.
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[Good Book of Prisons (2019)]
Findings – from interviews with over 2000 staff, prisoners and managers from across the custodial estate – in relation to violence and self harm in prisons. From the Butler Trust’s Good Book of Prisons.
Keywords: safer custody, self harm, suicide, violence reduction
[Good Book of Prisons (2019)]
Findings – from interviews with over 2000 staff, prisoners and managers from across the custodial estate – in relation to drugs in prisons. From the Butler Trust’s Good Book of Prisons.
Keywords: substance misuse
[Good Book of Prisons (2019)]
Findings – from interviews with over 2000 staff, prisoners and managers from across the custodial estate – regarding relationships between prisoners and staff. From the Butler Trust’s Good Book of Prisons.
Keywords: staff-prisoner relationships
[Good Book of Prisons (2019)]
Findings – from interviews with over 2000 staff, prisoners and managers from across the custodial estate – in relation to the prison environment, such as cleanliness, greenery, and noise. From the Butler Trust’s Good Book of Prisons.
Keywords: environment
[Good Book of Prisons (2019)]
Findings – from interviews with over 2000 staff, prisoners and managers from across the custodial estate – in relation to management and leadership in prisons. From the Butler Trust’s Good Book of Prisons.
Keywords: staff, management, leadership
[Good Book of Prisons (2019)]
Findings – from interviews with over 2000 staff, prisoners and managers from across the custodial estate – regarding relationships among prison staff. From the Butler Trust’s Good Book of Prisons.
Keywords: staff relationships
[Good Book of Prisons (2019)]
Findings – from interviews with over 2000 staff, prisoners and managers from across the custodial estate – in relation to staff consultation and communication in prisons. From the Butler Trust’s Good Book of Prisons.
Keywords: staff, communication, consultation
[Good Book of Prisons (2019)]
Findings – from interviews with over 2000 staff, prisoners and managers from across the custodial estate – in relation to staff recognition in prisons. From the Butler Trust’s Good Book of Prisons.
Keywords: staff recognition
[Good Book of Prisons (2019)]
Findings – from interviews with over 2000 staff, prisoners and managers from across the custodial estate – in relation to staff support and wellbeing. From the Butler Trust’s Good Book of Prisons.
[Good Book of Prisons (2019)]
Findings – from interviews with over 2000 staff, prisoners and managers from across the custodial estate – in relation to the management and support of new entrant staff. From the Butler Trust’s Good Book of Prisons.
Keywords: POELTs, staff retention
