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Lecture 5: Prison Reform Flashcards

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What was Foucault interested in regarding the transition from corporal punishment to imprisonment?

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The greater efficiency achieved

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How did prisons exert control and power over prisoners according to Foucault?

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Constant surveillance

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Foucalt discipline and punish was concerned with monumental shift that occurred between what 2 penal styles?

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  • Corporal punishment
  • Imprisonment
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What was the purpose of constant surveillance of prisoners according to Foucault?

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To make coercion less needed

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What practical impact did Foucault’s work have regarding imprisonment?

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Checking overly optimistic views of reformists

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What did Mathiesen conclude about prisons’ ability to achieve their stated aims?

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They fail completely across all aims

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What reform agenda did the Woolf Report set out after the Strangeways riot?

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Improving prison conditions and justice

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8
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The “prison works” view encourages which approaches?

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More imprisonment

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What did political rhetoric in the 1990s contradict regarding imprisonment?

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Previous government evaluations

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What prison architecture did Foucault retrieve from Jermemy Bentham?

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The Panoptican

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What overall shift has there been in rehabilitation rhetoric in recent years?

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Growing support across political parties

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12
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What barriers exist to implementing rehabilitative reforms in practice?

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Competing government priorities around austerity and Brexit

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What is a key element of plans to build new ‘smart prisons’?

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Drone defense systems

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How are wider criminal justice reforms intended to improve rehabilitation?

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Joining up prison and probation under unified systems

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Foucault saw constant surveillance of prisoners as:

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Making overt uses of violence redundant

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16
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Mathiesen highlighted prisons’:

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Public support despite ineffectiveness

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17
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Key aims of building additional prison places include:

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Reducing overcrowding

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18
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Unified prison and probation agencies aim to:

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Improve rehabilitation

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Foucault highlighted how prisons:

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Exert control through surveillance and discipline

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20
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The Woolf Report was prompted by:

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A prison riot

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21
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Political rhetoric in the 1990s:

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Highlighted public safety above all

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22
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Rapid Deployment Cell schemes involve:

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Modular cell blocks

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23
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Smart prison designs provide:

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In-cell tablets for offenders

24
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The latest white paper prison strategy focuses especially on:

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Improving literacy and employment

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Foucault’s analysis suggested prisons:

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Made overt uses of violence redundant

26
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Political rhetoric shifted from “prison works” to emphasizing:

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Rehabilitation

27
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Rapid Deployment Cells provide:

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Standalone modular units

28
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Recent prison reform white papers highlight:

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Literacy, employment and rehabilitation

29
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Mathiesen concluded prisons fail to:

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Achieve their stated aims

30
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The latest prison reforms intend to:

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Improve rehabilitation behind bars

31
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Foucault was especially interested in:

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New forms of disciplinary power

32
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Unified prison and probation agencies intend to:

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Focus resources on rehabilitation

33
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The main inspiration for panopticon prison architecture was:

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School classrooms

34
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Which 20th century theorist saw prisons as exerting disciplinary power over inmates through surveillance-based design?

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Foucault

35
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Rapid Development Cell schemes provide:

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Modular standalone cell blocks to add capacity

36
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Recent initiatives like HMP Five involve:

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In-cell tablets to access rehabilitative content

37
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Political rhetoric shifted over time from:

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Punishment to rehabilitation

38
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Under plans like HMP Five, through-the-gate support involves:

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Fixed quotas to employ ex-offenders post-release

39
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Which 20th century social theorist analyzed disciplinary power regimes?

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Foucault

40
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The latest strategy intends prisons to:

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Support drug abuse recovery

41
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Unified prison and probation agencies aim towards:

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Focusing resources on rehabilitation

42
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MP Five has quotas to employ:

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Ex-offenders in any role post-release

43
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Inspections of HMP Wells found results were:

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Mixed

44
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Foucault’s historical study suggested prisons:

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Made overt uses of violence unnecessary

45
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David Cameron’s 2016 speech called for:

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Rehabilitative reform

46
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The latest white paper focuses especially on improvements in:

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Literacy and employability behind bars

47
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HMP Five involves quotas to employ ex-offenders:

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In any role post-release

48
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Plans for unified prison and probation agencies intend to:

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Focus resources on rehabilitation

49
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Continued use of prisons is explained by:

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Public demands for punishment

50
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Prison reform agendas frequently fail to translate into tangible changes because of:

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Competing political priorities

51
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What is the function of prisons?

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To keep an eye on and correct behaviours deemed to be counter-productive

52
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What are examples of political rhetoric?

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  • Prison is a fiasco
  • Prison works
  • The rehabilitation revolution
53
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Why is prison a fiasco?

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  • Ineffective at meeting it stated standards
  • Its ability to prevent future crimes through deterring and rehab of individuals
54
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What does prison works encourage?

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Build more prisons and make them harsher

55
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What 3 things does the rehabilitation revolution argue for need to reshape (RRD)?

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  • Rehabilitation
  • Resettlement
  • Desistance
56
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3 examples of the tough on crime, law and order matra:

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  • Tougher sentences
  • Harsher prison conditions
  • Secure containment
57
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What replaced the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) 2004?

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Her Majesty’s Prison and probation service in 2017​ - to improve reintegration of prisoners

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