Comparative Perspectives on
Prison Administration of England
Kevin Song
05.06.2009
Tilanqiao Prison, Shanghai
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1、Prison Management System
2、Prison Classification
3、Cost of the Prison Programme
4、Problems and Challenges
Ⅰ Prison Management System
HM Prison Service
Ministry of Justice
National Offender Management Service(NOMS）
Ⅰ Prison Management System
Ⅱ Prison Classification
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Male Adult Prisons
Category A prisoners are those whose escape would be
highly dangerous to the public security
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Category B
prisoners are those who do not require
maximum security, but for whom escape needs to be made very
difficult
Category C prisoners are those who cannot be trusted in
open conditions but who are unlikely to try to escape
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Category D prisoners are those who can be trusted not to
try to escape, and are given the privilege of an open prison
Ⅱ Prison Classification
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Female Adult Prisons
Category A
Closed
Semi-open
Open
Ⅱ Prison Classification
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Young Offenders and Juveniles
Young Offender Institutions (YOIs)
Juvenile Prisons
Local Authority Secure Children’s Homes (LASCHs)
Secure Training Centres (STCs)
Ⅲ Cost of the Prison Programme
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Final capital outturn public prisons 2007 – 2008
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Public sector prisoner population 2007 – 2008
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Expenditure per prisoner 2007 – 2008 :￡
Ⅲ Cost of the Prison Programme
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Four strategies to control costs
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To determine reasonable capacity scale of prison
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To utilize technology means
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To increase the number of non-confinement penalties
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To implement the policy of private prisons
Ⅳ Problems and Challenges
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Shortage of funds
Overcrowding
Projected prison population
Ⅳ Problems and Challenges
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Re-offending
Ⅳ Problems and Challenges
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Order
Ⅳ Problems and Challenges
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Race
Human Resource Management
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