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Abstract / Summary

If prison regimes had continued as normal during the COVID-19 lockdown, social distancing would have been impossible. Therefore, sweeping restrictions were imposed confining prisoners to their cells, cancelling communal activity and prohibiting visits from family and friends. This insightful book identifies the risks posed by prison lockdowns to minority ethnic prisoners, foreign national prisoners and prisoners from Traveller and Roma communities across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It documents the unequal impacts on their mental and physical health, feelings of isolation and fear, access to services and contact with visitors. The legacy of the lockdown will be profound. This book exposes the long-term significance and impact on minority ethnic prisoners.

Field of Interest

Global Issues

Author

Gavin Dingwall, fl. 2022, Avril Brandon, fl. 2022

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2022 Bristol University Press

Content Type

General reference book

Duration

0 sec

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Original Publication Date

2022

Page Count

130

Publication Year

2022

Publisher

Bristol University Press

Place Published / Released

Bristol, England

Subject

Global Issues, Social Sciences, Environment and Social Issues, Corrections, Confinement, Ethnic groups, Pandemics, Prisoners, Minority communities, Mental health, Sociology, Politics & Policy, Economics, Irlanda, Reino Unido, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Britain, Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland, United Kingdom, Romani, Asians, African Americans, Irish, British, 21st Century in World History (2001– )

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Irlanda, Reino Unido, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Britain, Kingdom of Great Britain