Stories
- Article
Raising a baby in prison
Gary’s second child spent much of her babyhood in a prison mother-and-baby unit, after his wife was given a custodial sentence. Here he explores the family’s experiences of that time.
- Article
Disturbed minds and disruptive bodies
Prison officers tried to regulate women’s minds and bodies and maintain a new disciplinary routine in the second half of the 1800s.
- In pictures
The hermit life from medieval to modern
Can hermits get lonely? Explore solitary lives through the ages, from early religious ascetics to children imprisoned in churches, and on to those compelled to withdraw from modern life in the 21st century.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Prisons Research Files: "Women in Prisons"
Date: 2004Reference: PP/KZR/E/6/13Part of: The archive of Sheila Kitzinger (1929-2015)- Archives and manuscripts
Prisons Research Files: "Prisons and Parliment"
Date: 1998-2005Reference: PP/KZR/E/6/20Part of: The archive of Sheila Kitzinger (1929-2015)- Archives and manuscripts
Prisons Research Files: "Prisons and Parliment"
Date: 1996Reference: PP/KZR/E/6/19Part of: The archive of Sheila Kitzinger (1929-2015)- Archives and manuscripts
Prisons Research Files: Prisons and Birth Experience
Date: 2005Reference: PP/KZR/E/6/15Part of: The archive of Sheila Kitzinger (1929-2015)- Archives and manuscripts
Prisons Research Files: Prisons and Birth Experience
Date: 1997-2008Reference: PP/KZR/E/6/15aPart of: The archive of Sheila Kitzinger (1929-2015)