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THE PRISONS HANDBOOK 2008
The Defintive 850 page Annual Guide to the Penal System of England and Wales
(PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 15TH 2008)
THE BOOK YOU CAN JUDGE BY ITS COVER!
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On this page you can learn about The Prisons Handbook, its Editor, and full details of the 2008 edition which you can also purchase here securely online - and you do not have to buy the whole book, certain sections are available as electronic downloads
Over the last 13 years The Prisons Handbook has built itself the acclaimed reputation of being the definitive 850-page annual guide to prisons in England and Wales - always winning outstanding reviews for its clarity, accuracy, comprehensiveness and dependibility; it is a mandatory publication for all penal establishments in the country, and is purchased by prison services around the world for examples of best practice.
THE EDITOR
MARK LEECH
MARK LEECH is the Founder and former Chief Executive of the national ex-offenders charity UNLOCK - earlier he spent almost 20 years inside 62 of Britain's prisons where his experiences made him a passionate spokesman for penal reform; in 1989 while still in prison he became prisons correspondent for The Guardian newspaper. Mark has been the Editor of The Prisons Handbook since its very first edition in 1995 - the same year that he was released from prison - and in 2003 he also became its publisher.
Mark is the Director of the Institute of Prison Law, a Law Society and Bar Council accredited training body specialising in prisoners' rights and prison law; his critically acclaimed autobiography 'A Product of the System' was published in 1992 and won first prize in that year's Chambers-Cox Literary Awards.
Mark lives in Manchester and outside of work his interests are in aviation; Mark is a qualified helicopter pilot.
"In a Class of its Own" Phil Wheatley, HM Prison Service Director General
"There could not be a better Reference Book": CEO National Offender Management Service
"A tour-de-force through current penal policy and practice": Prison Service Journal
"A Jewel in the Publishers Crown": Justice of The Peace
"A 'must' for anyone with a personal or professional interest in prisons": Prison Service News
"An invaluable source of authoritative information about prisons: Baroness Scotland QC Minister for Offender Management and Criminal Justice
"Providing accurate information about prisons to government, the Prison Service and the wider community is the role The Prisons Handbook performs so well it is widely used throughout the criminal justice system; it does a unique job": Paul Goggins MP, Under-Secretary of State for Offender Management
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