The English Prison Health System After a Decade of Austerity, 2010-2020

This book examines the impact of austerity on healthcare delivery in English prisons. It argues that austerity has been a political experiment that has caused debt to balloon, eroded the prison health system and perpetuated a cycle of punishment, resulting in sicker prisoners and violating prisoners' human rights.

Nasrul Ismail is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Bristol. He has published widely on the impact of political economy on prison health and prisons.

1 Introduction; 2 The spell of neoliberalism and austerity; 3 The governance and delivery of prisons and prison healthcare services in England; 4 Current state of health in English prisons; 5 Deconstructing the experimental nature of austerity; 6 Deterioration in rehabilitative prison environment; 7 Destabilisation of prisons and prison health governance; 8 Deflection of political responsibility; 9 The failure to scrutinise; 10 Ending austerity; 11 Conclusion; 12 Methodological appendix