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From snout to spice: how British prisons lost control CCJSMedia Thu, 06/04/2026 - 12:25 From snout to spice: how British prisons lost control

I have been around long enough to remember when the only serious drug problem in prison was tobacco.

It was everywhere. Tobacco was currency, status and survival rolled into one. It f...


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The law as it is CCJSMedia Thu, 05/28/2026 - 09:06 The law as it is

You don’t need to be a prisons expert to understand why housing male and female prisoners together is a bad idea.

Separate prisons for men and women have been the default assumption since at least 1823, when the Gaols Act established the principle of sex-se...


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The ‘best interests’ of children with imprisoned mothers: intentions and realities across three jurisdictions CCJSMedia Wed, 05/27/2026 - 12:00

In this working paper, Dr Natalie Booth, Dr Rebecca Foster, Dr Cara Jardine, Dr Isla Masson and Dr Francesca Pilotto compare policy and practice in the imprisonment of mothers with babies in Italy, Scotland and England ...


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Dr Natalie Booth CCJSMedia Wed, 05/27/2026 - 11:36

Natalie Booth is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Bath Spa University

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Dr Rebecca Foster CCJSMedia Wed, 05/27/2026 - 11:33

Rebecca Foster is a Lecturer in Criminology at Edinburgh Napier University

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