Doing Prison Work

Prison Governors as Policymakers,PhroneticPractices as Enacted Knowledge

“…Organisational scholars have long emphasised two consequences following the proliferation of formal regulation. First, in his analysis of the Bureaucratic Phenomenon , Cozier () depicted how an increasing number of rules contribute to multiplying the ‘zones of uncertainty’ that are vested with ‘power games’ and ‘discretionary practices’, as pointed out by various studies of prison officers’ and managers’ work (Cheliotis ; Crawley ; Crewe and Liebling ; Liebling , ; Sparks, Bottoms and Hay ). Second, considering that rules, law, and policy do not apply automatically, Lipsky () and Weick () have inspired various analyses of how human actors mobilise practical knowledge and create meaning in relation to the situation whenever they interpret formal – and often ambiguous – inscriptions.…”

Soldiering On? The Prison‐Military Complex and Ex‐Military Personnel as Prison Officers: Transition, Rehabilitation and Prison Reform

“…This ‘militaristic’ experience could itself be explained by the commonly‐held notion that prison staff – and particularly those at higher levels who are involved in the top‐down transfer of training regimes (see Thomas ) – are drawn from the military. Yet descriptions of new prison service recruits being ‘shocked at the verbal and physical abuse that was given out’ during ‘military‐style’ training (Bolger and Bennett (, p.392), drawing on Crawley ()) perhaps suggests either that very few had had previous military experience and/or that the prison service had become ‘perversely militaristic’ (Sim , p.200) in its training, aping an imagined form of militaristic initiation that is, perhaps, no longer present in the military itself.…”

Social Worker Specialization: A Panacea to Nigerian Prisons Rehabilitation Service

“…The key aspect to this role is that the social worker is enabling the inmate he/she is working with to acquire new capabilities and to enhance their existing skills, knowledge and understanding of the general public safety (Crawley, 2013).This process might be through encouraging inmate to share these with others in the group, learning through role play or observation or through more formal training opportunities. Often this involves working closely alongside individual members of a group on a particular task, giving practical advice, support and feedback so that they eventually feel confident to perform the task on their own (Malekoff, 2015).…”