PRISON GOVERNOR'S JOURNAL
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Prison Governor's Journal

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 - Recent ITV program featuring the Strangeways Riots and Brendan O'Friel author of Prison Governors Journal - ​ click on image above to watch the ITV program

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Prison overcrowding, inability to reduce re-offending, The Strangeways Riot..

Prisoners in custody in England & Wales 1965
Prisoners in custody in England & Wales 2021
Prisons in England and Wales have weathered a succession of crises since 1947. Brendan O’Friel considers the impact of cell overcrowding and regime destruction on both staff and prisoners. The consequential inability to reduce re-offending, he argues, generates continuing threats to public safety. Drawing on his decades of service as a Governor, he explores some “unanswered questions” arising from the chronic prison crises. He provides insights into life within the seven penal establishments in which he served, including the “explosion of evil” – his story of the Strangeways riot of April 1990. From being involved in the difficult formation of the Prison Governors Association in 1987, he describes the work of the Association to influence and improve penal policy and practice. The 2020 Covid 19 Pandemic has added substantially to the prisons crisis but Brendan O’Friel suggests it may also offer a surprising opportunity for radical change. Illustrated with photographs, verse, drawings and cartoons, the book captures the realities of the prison crisis.
​ISBN 978 152 62 0847 7
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Thank you to the following organisations help in the development of the book

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Many people have helped make this book a reality. Thank you to you all. 
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