This book provides a thorough review and analysis of prisoner resettlement policy and practice in England and Wales in the early part of the 21st century. The book outlines recent developments, drawing together theoretical perspectives on resettlement and desistence. It describes particular projects, draws conclusions about their effectiveness, and discusses various advantages and challenges. Prisoner Resettlement explores the issues and challenges of resettlement for particular groups of offenders and examines the legal issues involved.

The book examines the practice of imprisonment in Trinidad and Tobago. It demonstrates that the rate fluctuates with employment except for two periods when this is not so. These anomalies are explained by the political salience of ethnicity. Similarly it shows the limitations in that the relevant mediation between labour market and imprisonment is not reform groups but ethnic politics. However, the lack of reform groups may explain the non sustainability of reform movements linked to ethnic struggles. Official reports are analysed to identify penal discourse. Two official...