Going the distance: Developing effective policy and practice with foreign national prisoners
| Date | 01 September 2005 |
| Author | Nick Hammond |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455050505200309 |
| Published date | 01 September 2005 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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Going the distance: Developing effective policy and
practice with foreign national prisoners
The importance of this publication for the future management of foreign national
prisoners cannot be underestimated. Despite foreign national prisoners compris-
ing a significant and growing proportion of the prison population in England and
Wales (8% in the early 1990s, 12% now), there is abundant evidence in this publi-
cation to show that the prison service’s awareness of and response to the problems
they face is generally inadequate.
In 1999, a Prisons Inspectorate report on HMP Wandsworth was particularly
critical of the lack of provision for foreign nationals. A subsequent inspection in
2003 described work with foreign national prisoners there as ‘the best in the
country’. What turned around practice in this area in one of the most difficult
prisons in the country, and could it be transferable elsewhere? These are the ques-
tions the author tackles in this impressive work.
The distinct and specific needs of foreign national prisoners have been reason-
ably well documented in the past 15 years and this report brings new insights and
observations to the established work. Interviews were conducted with 19 staff and
57 foreign national prisoners in six prisons in and around London. Despite evidence
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