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Is the penal system still in crisis? Discuss with reference to the Woolf Report and subsequent reforms.
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Is the penal system still in crisis? Discuss with reference to the Woolf Report and subsequent reforms. The use of prisons as a form of punishment has been an integral part of the Criminal Justice System for centuries. However in recent years there have been suggestions that the penal system is in a state of crisis. This essay will discuss the problems encountered within the penal system as a means of determining whether there is a crisis. It will focus on the problems of the rise in the prison population, overcrowding in prisons and the problems associated with discipline and order of prisons. The essay will discuss the report made by Lord Justice Woolf in 1991. The reforms that were undertaken as a result of the Woolf Report will also be discussed in an attempt to determine if they have helped to combat the problems within the prison service. Before discussing the...
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