The English Prisons

The Female Offender

The appearance of this series, of which this work is the pioneer, marks an epoch in the history of English penal administration. Signs are not wanting that the English public are beginning to become aware of the work done with regard to the criminal in France and Italy. The lately published report of the Special Committee on English prisons directs attention to this work. It shows that in Engla...

Dysentery in English Asylums and Jails

People with learning disabilities in the criminal justice system.

This article summarises the needs of people with learning disabilities in the police station, courts and prisons. The article describes national plans to address these needs, with particular information on how needs are being addressed in the south west region of the English NHS.

Identifying health promotion needs among prison staff in three English prisons: results from a qualitative study.

Prisons are seen as a (temporary) home and community for offenders, yet they also have a dual role as a workplace for prison staff. This article explores how the "healthy settings" philosophy, commonly used in schools, applies in the prison environment. The article explores the concept of the health-promoting prison from the perspective of prison staff using semistructured interviews in three E...

The nutrient content of English prison diets in 1944.

The inmates of prisons are restricted to a rigid diet which they are unable to vary or supplement, and upon which they may have to subsist for long periods of time. It is therefore of cardinal importance that the diet scales provided for them should be nutritionally adequate in every respect. There are numerous historical reports of malnutrition occurring in prisons. Between 1939 and 1944 it wa...