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).
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Published in: openJusticeIt 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...
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Published in: openJusticePrisons: places of harm and dehabilitation
Liz Truss promises penal reform but it places profits over people and punishment over rehabilitation.