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Disrupting Prison Policy
On 12th January 2024, an International Prison Policy Workshop was organised by the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice for a closed group of policymakers, prison staff, academics, prison oversight bodies, chaplains, and civil society organisations. Its origin centred on a need to create a space to reflect on the consequences of imprisonment on families; to reimagine what may possible in relation to the imprisonment of women; and to explore new ways of thinking about prison policy more broadly.
The workshop consisted of three papers addressing female sentencing, trauma-informed prisons and abolitionist thought, followed by extensive discussion. The presenters included:
- Dr Shona Minson (University of Oxford);
- Dr Anna Schliehe (University of Bonn/University of Trier);
- Dr David Scott (Open University).
Disrupting Prison Policy
Anna Schliehe - Female Imprisonment and "Trauma-Informed" Prisons
Dr Schliehe’s presentation explored women’s imprisonment, the unique harms for women in prison, and trauma informed practices in prisons. With a background in human geography, her research aims to understand, through the lens of the unique challenges women face in prison, if prisons can truly be “trauma informed” through analysing the implementation of trauma informed practices and training.
Slides and more workshop outputs can be found at:
https://www.jcfj.ie/research/international-prison-policy-workshop/