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Prison Service Journal - Number 247 January 2020

Some retired colleagues may be interested to read the latest edition of the PSJ.  (Click Here)

It is centred on leadership - a subject many of us knew quite a lot about in years gone by!  The subject was covered in the 2019 Perrie Lectures which the PSJ kindly prints giving more people the chance to catch up with current thinking about the Service. The articles include one entitled "Against Prison Management" by Jamie Bennett, a former Governor of Grendon/Spring Hill and one entitled "Leadership Humanity and Hope " by Steve Robinson - Deputy Governor of Guys March. There is a thoughful contribution from Michael Spurr, former Governor and Director General. So there is a good sprinkling of views from those with knowledge of the "coal face" as well as some well written contributions from academics and researchers.

I was especially impressed by Jamie Bennett's contribution which seemed to me - looking back 20 years - captured the difficulties Governors faced and showed an independence from the prevailing cult of "managerialism" which I found rather encouraging. Perhaps much of what we were trying to achieve all those years ago was not so wide of the mark - especially given the constraints we faced at the time.
The good news is that the PSJ can be accessed on line so anyone wanting to follow this up can find the articles this way. 
And I have to mention that the PSJ concludes with my  Obit on Roland Adams ............so the Edition included a nod  to our past contribution to Leadership in the Service.

Brendan O'Friel