Prisons and Their Moral Performance
A Study of Values, Quality, and Prison Life
Alison Liebling
Assisted by Helen Arnold
Table of Contents
PART 1: INTRODUCTION: PENAL VALUES AND PRISON EVALUATION
1. The Late Modern Prison and The Question of Values
2. The Measurement and Evaluation of Prison Regimes
3. Identifying 'What Matters' in Prison
4. Particular Prisons and Their Qualities
PART 2: THE MEANING AND MEASUREMENT OF KEY DIMENSIONS OF PRISON LIFE
5. Relationship Dimensions: Respect, Humanity, Trust, Relationships, and Support
6. Regime Dimensions: Fairness, Order, Safety, Well-Being, Personal Development, Family Contact, and Decency
7. Social Structure and Other Dimensions: Power, Prisoner Social Life, Meaning, and Quality of Life
PART 3: PENAL VALUES AND PRISON MANAGEMENT
8. Managing Modern Prisons and their Performance
9. Security, Harmony, and 'What Matters' in Prison Life
10. Legitimacy, Decency, and the Moral Performance of Prisons