Minority Ethnic Prisoners and the Covid-19 Lockdown: Issues, Impacts and Implications

by Avril Brandon and Gavin Dingwall

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529219558
• ISBN13: 9781529219555
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"