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The Woolf Report

The Woolf Report - A Summary of the Main Findings and Recommendations of the Inquiry into Prison Disturbances

This booklet summarises Lord Justice Woolf's main recommendations in an easy-to-read format. In its second edition, the PRT Woolf Summary is essential reading for everyone with an interest in penal policy.

1991 ISBN: 0 946209 19 7

Implementing Woolf: The Prison System One Year On - Findings from a Questionnaire

The results of a survey PRT carried out in every prison in England and Wales, one year after the publication of the Woolf Report, to discover the extent to which Woolf's recommendations had been put into practice (also see Strangeways – Ten Years On below).

1992 ISBN: 0 946209 20 0  

Strangeways – Ten Years On

On 11 April 2000, PRT convened a conference in Manchester to consider the continuing implications of the riot at Strangeways Prison, which took place on 1 April 1990. This report of the conference contains the full texts of the two plenary speeches, from Martin Narey, Director General of the Prison Service, and Rod Morgan, an assessor to the Woolf enquiry. Brief notes of the workshops are included.

2000  ISBN: 0 946209 50 2 

The Woolf Report: a Decade of Change?
The Rt. Hon. Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

This is the full transcript of the lecture delivered by the Rt. Hon. Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, on  31 January 2001 at the Law Society in London. In it  he addresses each of the 12 original recommendations and concludes that though some progress has been made, there is still much to be done.  He pays particular attention to the problem of overcrowding.   The question-and-answer session which followed Lord Woolf’s address is also included.

2001 ISBN: 0 946209 51 0  

 

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