Ensuring a safe environment: a conflict centred strategy

This paper, written by PRT Head of Research Dr Kimmett Edgar, suggests that the most effective strategies to prevent prison violence are based on resolving conflicts among people in prison before they escalate. Drawing on international standards and empirical evidence from England and Wales, it contrasts two models for violence reduction and attempts to show that one is unlikely to be effective and may well add to the risk of violence, while the other, though largely untested, has good empirical support.