This book provides the first systematic study of prison governors,
a hidden and powerful, but much neglected, group of criminal
justice practitioners. Its focus is on how they carry out their
task, how that has changed over time and how their role has
evolved. The author, himself a former prison governor, explains how
prison governors have changed under external pressures, and
examines a number of the factors that have been influential in
changing their working environment in particular the changing
status of prisoners and the development of the concept of prisoners
rights, the increasing scrutiny of the press and politicians,
competitive elements introduced by privatization of the penal
institutions, and the introduction of risk management approaches.
Based on extensive research, including interviews with 42 prison
governors, this book also explores a number of important
biographical factors. The author describes the demographic
characteristics of the sample of governors interviewed, including
their social origins, educational and occupational backgrounds,
their reasons and motivation for joining the prison service, their
career paths, and also explores their values and beliefs. In the
light of the findings of this study the author also makes a number
of important suggestions for changes that should be made to policy
and practice, and explores the implications for how our prisons
should be governed in the future.
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