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200: The Science of Prison

Feb 13, 2023
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To mark 200 episodes of Sci Guys we're tackling studies on incarceration, and asking the question: Does prison work?

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References & Further Reading
Prison Basics 
  1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/prison
  2. https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04334/SN04334.pdf
  3. https://prisonreformtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Prison-the-facts-2022.pdf
  4. https://www.gov.uk/life-in-prison/prisoner-privileges-and-rights
Does Prison Work?
  1. https://youtu.be/BsTIHo-_A1k
  2. https://youtu.be/4iEcL6TVw9g
  3. https://youtu.be/BXSv2nO5LeM
  4. https://youtu.be/6mMwrS30XT8
  5. https://www.law.ac.uk/resources/blog/is-prison-effective/
  6. https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/justice-and-prison-reform/prison-reform-and-alternatives-to-imprisonment.html
  7. https://www.wlv.ac.uk/media/departments/faculty-of-social-sciences/documents/wolverhampton-law-journal/edition-4/(2020)-4-WLJ-64.pdf
  8. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-prisons-make-us-safer/
  9. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2022.html#:~:text=Together%2C%20these%20systems%20hold%20almost,centers%2C%20state%20psychiatric%20hospitals%2C%20and
Stanford Prison Experiment 
  1. https://youtu.be/KND_bBDE8RQ
  2. https://nypost.com/2018/06/14/famed-stanford-prison-experiment-was-a-fraud-scientist-says/
Working in Prison
  1. https://uklabourlawblog.com/2022/12/12/pay-for-work-in-prison-by-virginia-mantouvalou/#:~:text=A%20freedom%20of%20information%20request,that%20send%20work%20to%20prisons.
  2. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/prisoners-labour-shortages/
  3. https://uklabourlawblog.com/2022/12/12/pay-for-work-in-prison-by-virginia-mantouvalou/#:~:text=A%20freedom%20of%20information%20request,that%20send%20work%20to%20prisons.
Prison & Mental Health
  1. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/inm.12733
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5008459/
  3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311616/
  4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311616/
  5. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32258357/
  6. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26330175/
Alternatives to Prison
  1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/29/prison-release-covid-pandemic-incarceration/
  2. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/16/we-know-that-prison-doesnt-work-so-what-are-the-alternatives
  3. https://famm.org/wp-content/uploads/FS-Alternatives-in-a-Nutshell.pdf
Autism Study
  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5286449/

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