The Politics of Penal Reform - 9781138039377

Taylor & Francis

The Politics of Penal ReformMargery Fry and the Howard League\nAuthor(s): Anne Logan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138039377, 978-1138039377\nSynopsis\nIn the context of recent media scrutiny on the state of prisons in the UK, the efficacy of incarcerating large numbers of offenders is an issue which is rising steadily up the political agenda. In 2016, the Howard League for Penal Reform an organization that has energetically lobbied for improvements in the treatment of offenders throughout its lifetime celebrated its 150th anniversary.\n\nThis book considers the life and work of Margery Fry, the woman who created the modern Howard League and dominated it from 1918 until her death in 1958, and places the UKs oldest surviving penal reform pressure group and its current work into their historical context. It examines Frys legacy as a campaigner for an international standard of prisoners minimum rights, which re.