Prison Service Journal 269

This special edition, guest-edited by Professor Rosie Meek, brings together contributions from some of the speakers at the annual Perrie Lectures series.

The Perrie Lectures is an annual event which has the purpose of stimulating dialogue between criminal justice organisations, the voluntary sector, and all those with an academic, legal, or practical interest in people in prison and their families.

In this edition:

• Special Edition Editorial: The Perrie Lectures
• Getting ready for culture change; a personal narrative, by Paula Harriott
• The importance of culture where it comes from, where it goes wrong, and how it can be sustained and improved, by Charlie Taylor
• How the covid lockdown became the ‘new normal’, by Shadd Maruna and Gillian McNaull
• Changing culture: Stories not statistics of a movement not a mandate, by Gareth Sands
• We can build a system that works for everyone, by David Breakspear
• Can one person really make a difference?, by Gill Attrill

Book reviews:

• Prisons of the World, by Andrew Coyle (reviewed by Darren Woodward)
• Criminal: How our prisons are failing us all, by Angela Kirwin (reviewed by Mike Kirby)