Book launch of The English Prison Health System After a Decade of Austerity hosted by the School for Policy Studies
Dr Vicky Canning (University of Bristol) and Professor Vanessa Barker (Stockholm University) will be discussants at this event.
Austerity has reconfigured and scaled back the governance and delivery of public services and negatively affected society’s most vulnerable groups. The English Prison Health System After a Decade of Austerity opens up the closed world of English prisons to examine its impact on prison health governance and healthcare delivery.
This book launch will explore how austerity—a decade-long, large-scale political experiment—has not only expanded the national debt but also eroded the prison health system and perpetuated a cycle of punishment resulting in sicker prisoners. Drawing on 87 interviews and a swath of data from existing longitudinal and economic analyses, I will discuss how austerity has resulted in high rates of recidivism, a diminished welfare state, increased inequality, and punitive excess.
This event will be of interest to anyone eager to reflect on how political and economic structures can affect the governance and delivery of healthcare services in marginalised communities, not just in prisons, and certainly not only in England.
Drinks and snacks will be provided.
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