Prison Service Journal: 224

This edition covers two subjects of central interest to the Prison Service Journal: the insection of theory and practice, and the value of the direct and unmediated voice of those inside prisons.

In this edition:

• Editorial comment
• ‘Bridging the Gap’: Giving Public Voice to Prisoners and Former Prisoners through Research Activism, by Dr Andreas Aresti, Dr Sacha Darke and David Manlow
• Returning to HMP Durham prison 30 years on: An ex-prisoners perspective, by David Honeywell
• Becoming Myself: The process needed for real change and rehabilitation, by Asad Ul Lah and Jacqui Saradjian
• Being poor in prison: An examination of the prevalence and sources of financial stress among a sample of male inmates, by Dr Brian Wyant and Dr Holly Harner
• Older prisoners and the Care Act 2014: An examination of policy, practice and models of social care delivery, by Caroline Lee, Anna Haggith, Dr Natalie Mann, Dr Isla Kuhn, Frances Cater, Barney Eden and Dr Tine Van Bortel
• Improving palliative care for prisoners: The ‘Both sides of the fence’ study, by Dr Mary Turner and Dr Marian Peacock
• A Brief History of Prison Closures 1777-2015, by Allan Brodie
• Interview: Martin Narey, interviewed by Paul Addicott

Book reviews:

• Organizational Change through Individual Empowerment: Applying social psychology in prisons and policing, by Hans Toch (reviewed by Dr Ruth Mann)
• Power and crime: The Routledge international handbook of the crimes of the powerful, by Gregg Barak (Ed) (reviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett)
• Crime, inequality, and power, by Eileen Leonard (reviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett)
• Power and crime, by Vincenzo Ruggiero (reviewed by Dr Jamie Bennett)
• An Eye for an Eye: A Global History of Crime and Punishment, by Mitchel P. Roth (reviewed by Professor Alyson Brown)
• Carceral Geography: Spaces and practices of Incarceration, by Dominique Moran (reviewed by Dr Sacha Darke)
• Inmates’: Narratives and Discursive Discipline in Prison, by Jennifer A. Schlosser (reviewed by Paul Crossey)