Asylum-Seekers and Immigration Act Prisoners - The Practice of Detention Rachel Ellis

This research report examines the practice of administrative detention and is based on research at all the main institutions holding detained asylum-seekers.

1998    ISBN: 0 946209 42 1 Download as PDF 

Criminal Treatment: The Imprisonment of Asylum Seekers
Jane Shackman
This study was commissioned in 2001 at a time when a large and growing number of immigration detainees were held in prisons in England and Wales. A series of Government initiatives have dramatically changed the picture. PRT has decided to publish the report to underline the reasons why this practice should never be repeated.

2002 ISBN: 0946209 59 6

Fair Response, A: Developing Responses to Racist Incidents That Earn the Confidence of Black and Minority Ethnic Prisoners Kimmett Edgar

A briefing on the changes that black and minority ethnic prisoners, consulted by PRT, would like to see in the systems prisons use to respond to racist incidents.    NEW

2010 Download as PDF

Forgotten Prisoners - the Plight of Foreign National Prisoners in England and Wales

Foreign national prisoners currently make up around 12 per cent of the prison population. Six out of ten are serving sentences of more than four years. This briefing paper outlines the problems they face, presents the most recent statistics about this group, and sets a new policy agenda.

2004  Download as PDF

Going the Distance: Developing Effective Policy and Practice with Foreign National Prisoners
Hindpal Singh Bhui

As a probation officer at Wandsworth Prison, the author developed a cohesive strategy for working effectively with foreign national prisoners. This strategy is reproduced in this report, along with his research in seven prisons into the needs of foreign national prisoners and how they can be addressed. This guide is an essential resource for anyone working with this group, who make up one in eight of the prison population.

2004 ISBN: 0 946209 70 7 Download as PDF

Information and Advice for Foreign National Prisoners 

This booklet, produced in partnership with the PRT and the London Probation Service, has been written to help foreign national prisoners during their first days and weeks in prison.

2004  Download as PDF