Abstract
The twenty-eight participants in this seminar represented prison administrators, prisoners' action groups, prison officers and academics. During the seminar there were many confrontations between groups of differing orientations. In the final session the seminar declared itself, by a significant majority, committed to the view that although the goal of abolition of prisons was not realistically attainable in the immediate future, prisons are ultimately unnecessary. Participants concluded that all concerned with corrections should work towards their eventual elimination.
Canberra, 24-28 May 1976
Contents
- Introduction
Papers of the seminar
- Penal philosophies and practice in the 1970s in Canada
John Braithwaite - The lessons to be learned from the Scandinavian experience in penal reform
Clas Amilon - Penal philosophies and practices in the 1970s in New Zealand
W.D. Garrett - Report on the seminar
C.R. Bevan
Appendix 1
- Submission by P.J. Boyes, R.A. Tomasic, A. Wicks and G.D. Woods
Appendix 2
- Submission by prison administrators
Appendix 3
- Submission by R.J. Kidney and R.S. Ozyjiwsky of the Prisoners' Aid Association of South Australia
Appendix 4
- Submission by prison officers
Appendix 5
- Submission by Prisoners' Action Group
Appendix 6
- Submission by Women Behind Bars representative Wendy Bacon
Appendix 7
- List of participants