Marden, Ian and Garrihy, Joe and Lapouge, Magali and Brandon, Avril Margaret
(2021)
Empirical research on the impact and
experience of open prisons: state of the
field and future directions.
Prison Service Journal, 256.
pp. 3-9.
ISSN 0300-3558
Abstract
The term ‘open prison’ can be used to mean
different things depending on the jurisdiction or
institution, but generally refers to a prison into
which residents are not fully or always locked.1
Relative to their ‘closed’ counterparts, open
prisons generally afford detainees a greater
connection to the outside world, often through
access to family and day release for employment,
volunteering and education. As such, progressive
prison reformers and scholars often tout the
potential benefits of open conditions for the
wellbeing and reintegration of people in custody2
— relative, at least, to the generally deleterious
effect of entirely closed regimes.3 Yet, compared
with research on closed prisons, there remains
only a modest quantity of empirical work on open
prisons, even considering the low proportion of
incarcerated people in open prisons in most
countries.4 Similarly, few studies attend to the
experience of staffing open prisons, despite a
burgeoning literature on prison officers.5 There
must be further research on the impact and
experiences of living or working in open prisons
to enhance our understanding of different prison
regimes and inform penal policy.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Empirical research; impact and experience; open prisons; future directions; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Law |
| Item ID: |
16618 |
| Depositing User: |
Joe Garrihy
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| Date Deposited: |
18 Oct 2022 11:16 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Prison Service Journal |
| Publisher: |
Crown Copyrighy |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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