Prisons, Prison Officers and Prisoners' Families, 2021

These are semi-structured in-depth qualitative interviews with prison officers working in roles with, or related to families, across five prisons in Scotland in 2021. Participants were recruited through contacts identified within each prison, which could either be the Governor or another management level of staff member. Information was provided on the project to this member of staff which was then passed on to prison officers they felt met the criteria for taking part in the project who then made contact directly with the researcher to arrange the interview. Interviews took place using Teams or by telephone.

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