Prison Service Journal

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Preventing Prison Staff Assaults

[Prison Service Journal (2022)]

Article on the issue of assaults on prison staff and how to prevent them. [Past issues of PSJ are archived here].

Understanding and Preventing Drug-related Deaths, and Encouraging Treatment Uptake, after Release

[Prison Service Journal (2022)]

Article on preventing post release drug related deaths, and encouraging engagement in treatment. [Past issues of PSJ are archived here].

Keywords: substance misuse

Relapses and challenges of desistance

[Prison Service Journal (2022)]

Article, based on interviews of men reconvicted of a sexual offence after release, and some of the key challenges affecting desistance. [Past issues of PSJ are archived here].

Keywords: sex offenders, desistance

Care leavers and the criminal justice system

[Prison Service Journal (2022)]

This issue of Prison Service Journal looks at the question of care leavers and the criminal justice system. [Past issues of PSJ are archived here].

Keywords: care leavers

Disrupting prison drug supplies

[Prison Service Journal (2021)]

Article on preventing drugs entering prisons and disrupting supply chains in custody. [Past issues of PSJ are archived here].

Keywords: substance misuse

Viewing Her Majesty’s Prison Service through a Trauma-Informed Lens

[Prison Service Journal (2021)]

Research report on trauma-informed practice in prison. [Past issues of PSJ are archived here].

Keywords: trauma

Bereavement behind bars: prison and the grieving process

[Prison Service Journal (2021)]

Article on how incarceration impacts on the grieving process. [Past issues of PSJ are archived here].

Keywords: bereavement

Sex and gender in prisons

[Prison Service Journal (2021)]

This issue of Prison Service Journal explores the topic of sex and gender in prisons and wider criminal justice policy and practice. [Past issues of PSJ are archived here].

Keywords: sex, gender