Locked in - Locked Out

We lock up more young people than any other country in Europe but do we know what happens when they are put into custody? What is the impact on them of a prison regime? Can it be a constructive, rehabilitative experience or does the culture of prison make this possible? Is being removed from home and community inevitably destructive of can it give some youngsters a chance to sort out chaotic lives? Can prison be the place to address the severe problems of physical and sexual abuse, violence, disadvantage, failure, and self-loathing that so many who end up inside suffer? Or is locking them up the ultimate failure of a society that cannot find a better way to deal with its problem young? Angela Neustatter visits young offenders, governors, staff, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, the Probation Service,Youth Offending Teams, voluntary agencies and campaigning organisations to find some answers to these important questions, and puts forward recommendations for improving the way society deals with children who break the law.

ISBN 0903319888   DEWEY 364.36 ISBN13 9780903319881 (What's this?)   DEWEY edition DC21 Publisher Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation   Pages 160 Imprint Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 240 Publication date 01 Jan 2002   Width (mm) 170 Writer of foreword Harding, John   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

Forward by John Harding CBE. Introduction. 1. Tough on crime. 2. Demons or victims. 3. How did I get myself here? 4. Remanded in custody. 5. Wholly unacceptable. 6. Prisons fit for our children. 7. A sex apart? 8. Freedom - or is it? Final thoughts. Index

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