Prisoner Survey Data from Every Prison in England and Wales: Accessing 20 Years of HM Inspectorate of Prisons Data

• In Event: Experiences of imprisonment

Abstract

In this presentation we discuss our Economic and Social Research Council-funded research project which has involved working with HM Inspectorate of Prisons in the UK, a government arms-length body, to prepare and explore 20+ years of their prisoner survey data which is gathered routinely from all prisons in England and Wales. We have spent 18 months preparing this large dataset for submission to the research archive, UK Data Service, where we are excited now to be able to open up this quantitative data to fellow prison scholars. We will present some worked examples to illustrate the potential of this resource in teaching and research activities, with the ultimate goal of giving fellow prison scholars the confidence to engage with this data set.
Further details of the project and our associated publications can be found at www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/law-and-criminology/research/our-projects-and-research-impact/secondary-analysis-of-data-collected-over-a-20-year-period-by-hm-inspectorate-of-prisons

Authors

• Rosie Meek, Royal Holloway University of London

• Nick Hardwick, Royal Holloway University of London