Dr Helen Nichols' Outputs (2)

‘Hammering on the pressure’: Prison governor well‐being and the need for a more humanised approach (2025)
Journal Article
Smith, L., Harrison, K., Mason, R., Nichols, H., Hall, L., & Saunders, G. (online). ‘Hammering on the pressure’: Prison governor well‐being and the need for a more humanised approach. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12595

The challenges of prison work and the impact on the well-being of prison officers is widely publicised. However, less is known about the well-being of prison governors, and what may impact this: the focus of this research. Semi-structured interviews... Read More about ‘Hammering on the pressure’: Prison governor well‐being and the need for a more humanised approach.

‘Strengthen Them Inside’: Supporting Prison Staff Wellbeing in England through Creative Writing (2025)
Journal Article
Nichols, H., Metcalf, J., Earle, F., & Fréour, L. (2025). ‘Strengthen Them Inside’: Supporting Prison Staff Wellbeing in England through Creative Writing. Incarceration, 6, https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663241310334

Prison staff experience multiple stressors in the course of their working lives and existing literature consistently emphasises the negative wellbeing implications of prison work. There is a gap in existing research regarding the types of wellbeing s... Read More about ‘Strengthen Them Inside’: Supporting Prison Staff Wellbeing in England through Creative Writing.