Dr David Scott

David Scott works at the Open University. He has published a number of books on prisons, including Prisons and Punishment (2010, Sage), Controversial Issues in Prisons (2010, Open University Press) and Why Prison (2013, Cambridge University Press).

It is the prisons, not the prisoners, that are to blame for record number of deaths

There were a record number of deaths in prison in 2016. The problem lies not with the vulnerability of prisoners or lack of staff but with the deprivation that defines prison life.

By Dr David Scott

/ 2 Feb 2017

Prisons: places of harm and dehabilitation

Liz Truss promises penal reform but it places profits over people and punishment over rehabilitation.

By Dr David Scott

/ 1 Nov 2016