...Thomas Bonser; Megan Harrington-Fletcher; Katy Lingham; Rejoice Tshabangu; Leigh Turner Purpose Open prisons aim to mirror the conditions of the community and seek to allow prisoners a gradual adjustment to independence. However, abscond from open prisons attracts public concern and strict...

... use of EM within the open prison estate. Design/methodology/approach This is a qualitative research project involving semi-structured interviews with staff and residents. Transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis which resulted in exploration of 4 themes and 11 sub-themes...

... in open prisons. Design/methodology/approach Stage 1 used logistic regression to identify factors associated with increased risk of absconding. Stage 2 identified new receptions with increased risk and used thematic analysis to analyse interviews with prisoners that did not abscond after three months...