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Written from the perspective of a participant observer, The author gives a unique insight into the modern prison service and the workings of the public sector. The book is educational describing the prison system over three decades in the context of social, political and organisational change, in particular the impact of the decline of deference, the growth of public managerialism, and the rise of identity politics. The final chapter lays bare the current crisis in a service where we were once proud to work.
Paul Laxton
THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL CARE - THE GREAT QUESTION OF OUR AGE
I think I can safely say that if you are a person of a certain age, as we all are, is that the burning question of our age ....
BLAST FROM THE PAST... PHIL WHEATLEY SPEAKS AT CONFERENCE
When Phil Wheatley retired as Director General in 2010 relations between him and the PGA had become ....
REFLECTIONS ON THE 2016 PGA CONFERENCE
For the second successive year, PGA conference was held at the Radisson Bleu Hotel close to E M Airport. I .......
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THE LABOUR LEADER's SPEECH MANY VOTERS WOULD LOVE TO HEAR...
Some of you will be confirmed Labour voters, some of you will never have .......
The revised and updated version of ‘26 Years Behind Bars: The Recollections of a Prison Governor’ by Paul Laxton, has recently been published by Austin Macauley, and can be ordered from your local bookshop or online. A kindle version is also available
PRISON IS NO PLACE FOR OLD MEN
The explosion in historic sex offending allegations being pursued in court has inevitably been felt in the prison system.
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BORIS PLAYS THE CRIME CARD
The new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has certainly landed running with a series of eye-catching announcements, and ....
CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONERS ALLIANCE AGM OCTOBER 2018
Immediately following PGA Conference, Harry Brett and I set off for Kenilworth to attend the AGM of the Civil Service ....
NOW LET'S GET SOCIAL CARE DONE
The Conservatives won the election under the slogan “let’s Get Brexit Done. Whether Brexit really is done is, ...
REFLECTIONS ON RETIREMENT
Many colleagues, particularly those like me who were pre-Fresh Start prison officers, will remember the day they
THE DEFINITIVE PRISON SERVICE MEMOIR...
Book Review by Paul Laxton
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Brendan O'Friel's memoirs is the length of time it has taken for him to have them ......
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COVID AND THE SHEER CRUELTY INFLICTED ON THE TERMINALLY ILL-
This is the full version of an edited letter that appeared in the Daily Mail on 5 August 2021. Subsequently I was interviewed by the Daily Telegraph. Extracts from that interview appeared in the Daily Telegraph online and can be found by googling 'Paul Laxton Daily Telegraph'............
Paul Laxton
GATE HAPPY: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND TIMES OF A PRISON GOVERNOR
Reviewed by Paul Laxton
Enoch Powell was referring to politics when he said that 'All careers tend to end in failure.' Barbara Treen reached what she would have seen as the top of her chosen profession in that she successfully governed HMP Brockhill, but never governed again, and was never admitted to the hallowed ranks of the Senior Civil
Paul Laxton
PRISON GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE 2022
Andrea Albutt delivered her eighth Presidential speech at the 2022 Conference, making her comfortably ....
A WINTER WORLD OF WOKE
We received about 4 inches of snow yesterday and ...
8:00am: I made a snowman.
8:10- A feminist passed by and asked ...
