Comparative Perspectives on Prison Administration of

England

Kevin Song

05.06.2009

Tilanqiao Prison, Shanghai

contentcontent1 、 Prison Management System

2 、 Prison Classification

3 、 Cost of the Prison Programme

4 、 Problems and Challenges

1 、 Prison Management System

2 、 Prison Classification

3 、 Cost of the Prison Programme

4 、 Problems and Challenges

HM Prison Service

National Offender Management Service(NOMS）

Ministry of Justice

Ⅰ Prison Management System

Ⅰ Prison Management System

Ⅱ Prison Classification Male Adult Prisons Category A prisoners are those whose escape

would be highly dangerous to the public security

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

Category D prisoners are those who can be trusted not to try to escape, and are given the privilege of an open prison

Male Adult Prisons Category A prisoners are those whose escape

would be highly dangerous to the public security

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

Category D prisoners are those who can be trusted not to try to escape, and are given the privilege of an open prison

Female Adult Prisons Category A Closed Semi-open Open

Ⅱ Prison Classification

Young Offenders and Juveniles Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) Juvenile Prisons Local Authority Secure Children’s Homes

(LASCHs) Secure Training Centres (STCs)

Ⅱ Prison Classification

Ⅲ Cost of the Prison Programme

Ⅲ Cost of the Prison Programme

Four strategies to control costs

To determine reasonable capacity scale of prison

To utilize technology means

To increase the number of non-confinement penalties

To implement the policy of private prisons

Ⅳ Problems and Challenges

Shortage of funds Overcrowding Projected

prison population

Ⅳ Problems and Challenges

Re-offending

Ⅳ Problems and Challenges

Order

Ⅳ Problems and Challenges

Race Human Resource Management

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