Prisoners on prisons: Experiences of peer-delivered suicide prevention work (2023)
Journal Article
Buck, G., Tomczak, P., Harriott, P., Page, R., Bradley, K., Nash, M., & Wainwright, L. (2023). Prisoners on prisons: Experiences of peer-delivered suicide prevention work. Incarceration, 4, https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663231172023

Prison suicide is a global concern, with rates consistently exceeding those in non-incarcerated populations. Prisoners deliver (suicide prevention) initiatives in jurisdictions around the world. As part of a research project seeking to foreground pri... Read More about Prisoners on prisons: Experiences of peer-delivered suicide prevention work.

Improving prisoner death investigations and promoting change in prisons: a findings and recommendations report (2023)
Report
Shalev, S., & Tomczak, P. (2023). Improving prisoner death investigations and promoting change in prisons: a findings and recommendations report. UKRI

Making prisoner deaths visible: Towards a new epistemological approach (2023)
Journal Article
Tomczak, P., & Mulgrew, R. (2023). Making prisoner deaths visible: Towards a new epistemological approach. Incarceration, 4, https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663231160344

In custodial contexts, the duty of states to protect the most fundamental right-to life-is heightened. Nevertheless, prisoner deaths are a universal and frequent concern. The mortality rate among the 11.5 million prisoners globally is up to 50% highe... Read More about Making prisoner deaths visible: Towards a new epistemological approach.

Improving Prisoner Death Investigations And Promoting Prison Safety - Policy Brief (2023)
Report
Tomczak, P. (2023). Improving Prisoner Death Investigations And Promoting Prison Safety - Policy Brief. University of Nottingham

Prisoner Death Investigations: Setting the Agenda for Change (2022)
Journal Article
Tomczak, P., & McAllister, S. (2022). Prisoner Death Investigations: Setting the Agenda for Change. Prison Service Journal, 32-38

Deaths in prison: Examining causes, responses, and prevention of deaths in prison worldwide (2022)
Report
(2022). Deaths in prison: Examining causes, responses, and prevention of deaths in prison worldwide. Penal Reform International

Prisoners regulating prisons: Voice, action, participation and riot (2022)
Journal Article
Buck, G., & Tomczak, P. (2022). Prisoners regulating prisons: Voice, action, participation and riot. Criminology and Criminal Justice, https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958221101997

Prisoners are a critical source of prison regulation around the world, but regulation by (rather than of) prisoners remains little analysed. In this article, we utilise the 1990 riots at HMP Strangeways (England), as a case study of prisoners (re)sha... Read More about Prisoners regulating prisons: Voice, action, participation and riot.

Complaints: Mechanisms for prisoner participation? (2022)
Journal Article
Banwell-Moore, R., & Tomczak, P. (2022). Complaints: Mechanisms for prisoner participation?. European Journal of Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1177/14773708221094271

In prisons, participatory mechanisms can foster important outcomes including fairness, legitimacy and dignity. Complaints are one significant (symbolic) mechanism facilitating prisoner participation. Ombud institutions/ Ombudsmen handle complaints ex... Read More about Complaints: Mechanisms for prisoner participation?.

Bereaved Family ‘Involvement’ in (Prisoner) Death Investigations: Whose ‘Satisfaction’? (2022)
Journal Article
Tomczak, P., & Cook, E. A. (2023). Bereaved Family ‘Involvement’ in (Prisoner) Death Investigations: Whose ‘Satisfaction’?. Social and Legal Studies, 32(2), 294-317. https://doi.org/10.1177/09646639221100480

A duty to investigate deaths in detention is enshrined within international legislation including Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). A core purpose of these investigations, following UK case law, is that bereaved families ‘h... Read More about Bereaved Family ‘Involvement’ in (Prisoner) Death Investigations: Whose ‘Satisfaction’?.

‘The human toll’: Highlighting the unacknowledged harms of prison suicide which radiate across stakeholder groups (2022)
Journal Article
Banwell-Moore, R., Tomczak, P., Wainwright, L., Traynor, C., & Hyde, S. (2022). ‘The human toll’: Highlighting the unacknowledged harms of prison suicide which radiate across stakeholder groups. Incarceration, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663221097337