The English Prison Health System After a Decade of Austerity, 2010-2020: The Failed Political Experiment

ISBN-13: 9781032021959 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 280 str.

Nasrul Ismail

Opis

This book examines the impact of austerity on healthcare delivery in English prisons. It argues that austerity has been a political experiment that has caused debt to balloon, eroded the prison health system and perpetuated a cycle of punishment, resulting in sicker prisoners and violating prisoners’ human rights.

Spis treści

1 Introduction; 2 The spell of neoliberalism and austerity; 3 The governance and delivery of prisons and prison healthcare services in England; 4 Current state of health in English prisons; 5 Deconstructing the experimental nature of austerity; 6 Deterioration in rehabilitative prison environment; 7 Destabilisation of prisons and prison health governance; 8 Deflection of political responsibility; 9 The failure to scrutinise; 10 Ending austerity; 11 Conclusion; 12 Methodological appendix

O autorze

Nasrul Ismail is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Bristol. He has published widely on the impact of political economy on prison health and prisons.