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lecture 5 - prison reform Flashcards

1
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foucalt discipline and punish was concerned with monumental shift that occurred between what 2 penal styles?

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  • corporal punishment
  • imprisonment
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foucalt said we transitioned from
what culture to what culture

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transition from a culture of spectacle to a carceral culture
foucalt interested in how and why this transition occurred

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the birth of the prison was out what agenda?

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reformist agenda

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4
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why was the reformist agenda in prisons implemented?

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  • implemented because of 19th century outcries over INHUMANE TREATMENT of prisoners and the insane
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5
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what did foucalt argue to why the crime reformist agenda occurred in mainly prisons

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arguing the reform occurred because prisons could punish better
- WERE MORE EFFICENT

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What prison architecture did foucalt retrieve from jermemy bentham ?

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the panoptican

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what does the purpose of constant surveillance compel prisoners to do?
(foucalt)

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  • compel prisoners to regard themselves as subject to correction
  • to coax prisoners to learn how to inspect, manage and correct themselves
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what practical impact did foucault’s discipline and punishment have for marginal groups ?

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  • it was a more EFFICIENT way of managing marginal groups
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9
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what form of power do prisons operate with?

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subtle and relentless form of power

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10
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what idea of power did the panopticon present?

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presented an idea that you didn’t need to lock prisoners away in a prison cell all the time to hold power over them

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11
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what did the birth of the prison reform in punishment?

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reformed the FUNCTION of punishment

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12
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function of prisons?

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to keep an eye on and correct behaviours deemed to be counter productive

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13
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what did the woolf report 1991 set out recommdendations for?

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recommendations for the greatest reform agenda for prison policy for the next 3 decades

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14
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what other new/ revised projects of reform and modernisation?
PPA

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  • political rhetoric
  • penal reform
  • aims of imprisonment
  • prison building programme
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15
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examples of political rhetorics

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  • prison is a fiasco
  • prison works
  • the rehabilitation revolution
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16
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why is prisons a fiasco?
Ineffective at meeting its stated aims through….

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  • ineffective at meeting its stated aims,
  • namely its ability to prevent future crimes through deterring, incapacitating and rehabilitation individuals
  • or on basis its simply deserved
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17
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‘prison works’ encourages to do what?

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build more prisons and make them harsher

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18
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what 3 things does the rehabilitation revolution argue for need to reshape
RRD

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argues for need to reshape
- rehabilitation,
- resettlement
- desistance

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19
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What caused the government U turn from prison works
riot
discontinous with…
contradicted same gov judgement that said prison was…

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  • strangeways riot and woolf report
  • discontinuous with CJA 1991
  • contradicted same gov judgement that prison was ‘an expensive way of making bad people worse’
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20
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in 1999 and 2000 what % in magistrates court immediate custody

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4.4%
14%

21
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in 1999 and 2000 what % in crown court immediate custody

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43%
64%

22
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in 2000 what % were short term prison sentences up by

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67%

23
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what did ashworth 2003 encourage sentencers to apply a criterion based on whether or not right thinking members of the public would feel justice had….

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NOT been done if the person RETAINED their liberty

24
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3 examples of the tough on crime, law and order mantra
tougher…
tendency to propose…
focus on…

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  • tougher sentences - increase use of prisons
  • tendency to propose harsher prison conditions (policy shifts since mid 1990s)
  • focus on secure containment
25
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rehabilitation revolution is now championed by….

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successive governments

26
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what needs to be at the heart of effective cjs

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rehabilitation of offenders

27
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what was introduced in 2006 by the home secretary charles clarke

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the labour gov white paper a 5 year strategy for protecting the public and reducing reoffending

28
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who gave the first speech from a PM on prison and rehabilitative reform for 20 years

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david cameron in feb 2016

29
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what did the queens speech include details about prison reform promise

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promised that the gov plans for reform would constitute the ‘largest overhaul in prisons since the victorian times’

30
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what 3 things did the 2021 white paper prison strategy to rehabilitate offenders and cut crime focus on
SEA

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  1. substance misuse
  2. employment
  3. accommodation
31
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what approach to drugs

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zero tolerance

32
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what did they provide all prisoners with on release to help support them back into the community

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resettlement passports

33
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when were the stringent austerity cuts

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2017

34
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the ministry of justice committed to creating how many additional prison places by mid 2020s?

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18,000

35
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what are rapid deployment cells
where were they unveiled

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  • new modern prison cells that can be built and rolled-out at speed in order to boost jail capacity and keep public safe
    -unveiled at HMP norwich 2023
36
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where was britains first smart prison

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HMP five

37
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smart prisons
design to
technology to
smart in its approach to

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  • smart design to phase out crime behind bars
  • smart technology to rehabilitate offenders
  • smart in its approach to getting offenders into jobs
38
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example of prisons and new technology

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in-cell phones

39
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3 examples of wider reforms in cjs for end to end offender management

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  1. national offender management service NOMS 2004
  2. replaced her majesties prison and probation service in 2017
  3. transforming rehabilitation TR agenda (offender rehabilitation act 2014)
40
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national offender management service 2004

aims to bring prisons and ps under control of…
what type of offender management?
formal seperation of….

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  • aim to bring prisons and probation services under control of 1 single organisation to make it more efficient in reducing re-offending
  • end to end offender management (OM)
  • formal separation of OM and interventions
41
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When was the national offender management service (NOMS) 2004 fully enacted under what act?

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fully enacted under the offender management act 2007

42
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what replaced NOMS 2004

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replaced by her majesties prison and probation service in 2017
HMPPS

43
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who introduced offender management in custody
when was it introduced

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HMPPS in 2018

44
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why was offender management in custody introduced
to improve…

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to improve support offered to prisoners as they leave custody and are reintegrated back into the local community to reduce reoffending

45
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what was transforming rehabilitation agenda and did it work?

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  • community rehabilitation companies (CRCs) work with low and medium risk offenders
  • failed and low and medium risk offenders returned to probation service by 2021
46
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what was foucalts main reform purpose for prisons and probation

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MORE EFFICIENT

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