Barred Citizens
Finola Farrant and Joe Levenson

PRT has conducted the first national survey of opportunities for volunteering and citizenship within the prison estate. ‘Barred Citizens: Volunteering and Active Citizenship by Prisoners’ brings together the findings of this survey and documents good practice.

Price: £10    ISBN: 0 946209 56 1 -  2002

A Case for a Royal Commission on Crime and Punishment
Sir Louis Blom-Cooper and Professor Sean McConville

The authors argue that a Royal Commission on Crime and Punishment should be established to conduct a comprehensive review of crime and the responses to crime.

Price: £2.95     ISBN: 0 946209 36 7 - 1997

The Decision to Imprison: Sentencing and the Prison Population
Mike Hough, Jessica Jacobson, Andrew Millie

This unique study sought the views of Magistrates and judges and found that sentencers have become tougher over the past decade.

Price: £10    ISBN: 0946209 66 9 -  2003

A Fiscal and Economic Analysis of Crime (Sentences) Act

Based on research for PRT by CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy), this seminal report assesses the fiscal implications of the Crime (Sentences) Act.

Price: £6.95     ISBN: 0 946209 45 6 - 1998

"Have you got a Minute?" The Changing Role of Boards of Visitors
Anne Worrall

Based on interviews and questionnaires with Board members, this pamphlet presents a detailed and challenging account of how Boards operate in practice.

Price: £3.95     ISBN: 0 946209 28 6 - 1994

Having Their Say: The work of prisoner councils
Enver Solomon and Kimmett Edgar

This is the first in-depth study of consultative forums for prisoners, known as prisoner councils. Using results form a survey of prisons in England and Wales, as well as interviews with prisoners and staff, it highlights examples of good practice where prisoner councils have improved communication between management and prisoners.

Price: £8.50    ISBN: 0 946209 68 5 - 2004

Making Prisons Work: Prison Reform Trust Annual Lecture 1998
Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Home Secretary

Making Prisons Work focuses on current challenges faced by the Prison Service and the prospects for additional programmes after the Comprehensive Spending Review.

Price: £5.95     ISBN: 0 946209 44 8 - 1998

Prison Bill 1996
PRT's draft Bill to modernise the law relating to prisons and the rights of prisoners.

Price: £2.50 - 1996

Prison Overcrowding: The Inside Story
Joe Levenson

This major report is the most comprehensive study of prison overcrowding and its effects to have been published since the Woolf Report in 1991. Over 100 Boards of Visitors, the independent watchdogs which monitor prisons and safeguard the rights of prisoners, took part in a study carried out be the Prison Reform Trust and the National Advisory Council of Boards of Visitors.

Photocopy only available     ISBN 0 94620 9 61 8 - 2002

Prison Rules: A Working Guide. The Millenium Edition
Nancy Loucks

This book is the most up-to-date and thorough guide to the rules and regulations by which our prisons are run. Totally re-written to take account of the 1999 Prison Rules and all recent developments in the courts, it is an invaluable reference work. Each Prison Rule is cited in full with the relevant Prison Service Orders and Prison Service Instructions.

Price £12.95    ISBN 0 946209 46 4 - 2000

Report of the Committee on Local Monitoring of Prison Establishments
Chairman: Sir Timothy Raison

The report of an independent inquiry into the works of Boards of Visitors and related matters, commissioned by the Prison Reform Trust.

Price: £5.95     ISBN: 0 946209 31 6 - 1993

Restricted Access: Legal information for remand prisoners
Diana Ruthven & Elizabeth Seward

The poor conditions in which remand prisoners are held, and the length of time they are detained, have been a major focus of PRT's work for over a decade. Price: £4.95     ISBN: 0 946209 35 9 - 2002

Restoring Relationships: The Purpose of Prisons (Prison Reform Trust Annual Lecture 1996)
Dr George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury
In his powerful and significant contribution, Dr Carey argues that prisons must aim to rehabilitate, and must attempt to restore relationships between offenders, their families and society in general.

Price: £4.95     ISBN: 0 946209 35 9 - 1996

A Measure of Success: an analysis of the Prison Service's performance against its Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 2003-2004
Enver Solomon

The basis of this briefing was the Prison Service's own published performance targets, which showed that at the end of August, 82 of our 139 prisons were overcrowded.

Price: £5     see bottom of the page to download a PDF

Principles for Practical Drugs Policies: The Case for a Slow Fix
In this pamphlet, which reproduces the 1999 PRT Annual Lecture, Professor Mark Kleiman outlines what will, and what will not, work to reduce the harm caused by drugs misuse.

Price £5.95    ISBN 0 946209 47 2 - 1999