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Opinion: Prison Categorisation Policy in the United Kingdom

Thomas, Scott; Glazzard, Jonathan

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Scott Thomas



Abstract

This opinion piece, drawing on the lived experiences of a life sentenced prisoner (first author), serves to highlight our concerns related to the HM Prison & Probation Service Security Categorization Policy Framework (HMPPS, 2024) in the United Kingdom (UK). The Framework creates unmanageable workload for prison staff, and it creates anxiety for prisoners. At a time when spending from the public purse is increasingly being scrutinized, this is an opportunity to think radically about how best to update and change policy to reduce workloads, create more certainty for staff and prisoners and to help foster a more stable culture within the adult male prison estate.

Citation

Thomas, S., & Glazzard, J. (in press). Opinion: Prison Categorisation Policy in the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Sociology, 10, Article 1465599. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1465599

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 17, 2025
Online Publication Date Feb 19, 2025
Deposit Date Oct 9, 2024
Publicly Available Date Feb 20, 2025
Journal Frontiers in Sociology
Print ISSN 2297-7775
Electronic ISSN 2297-7775
Publisher Frontiers Media
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 10
Article Number 1465599
DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1465599
Keywords Prison; Category; Prisoner; Mental health; Policy
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4863091
Publisher URL https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1465599/abstract

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Copyright © 2025 Thomas and Glazzard. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.




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