Our prisons: Are they doing what we expect of them? Analyzing political and social
responses to Criminal Penalties in the United Kingdom
Dissertation Proposal
Introduction
The English prisons are divided into three major subdivisions.
These are England...
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Our prisons: Are they doing what we expect of them? Analyzing political and social
responses to Criminal Penalties in the United Kingdom
Dissertation Proposal
Introduction
The English prisons are divided into three major subdivisions.
These are England and
Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
All jurisdiction and responsibility for the prisons
lies with the British Prime Minister.
The highest per capita imprisonment rate in Western Europe is unenviably held by the
United Kingdom.
As of September 01, 1989, the total UK prison population amounted to
55047 prisoners- that are 95.
6 prisoners per 100,000 citizens (Council of Europe, 1989).
The most common problems tabulated in the often restrictive-access prisons are limited or
no in-cell plumbing for prisoners, bad conditions for pre-trial prisoners, and a lack of
educational or work activities for the majority of prisoners (Collins & Burns, 1992).
Furthermore, the mentally disturbed as well psychiatric prisoners have not been pro
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