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‘Silo Mentalities’ and Their Impact on Service Delivery in Prison‐Community Transitions: A Case Study of Resettlement Provision at a Male Open Prison
Author(s) -
MOORE ROGER,
HAMILTON PAUL
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the howard journal of crime and justice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.462
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2059-1101
pISSN - 2059-1098
DOI - 10.1111/hojo.12159
Subject(s) - prison , ethos , context (archaeology) , service (business) , argument (complex analysis) , set (abstract data type) , criminology , service delivery framework , public relations , political science , sociology , business , law , marketing , medicine , geography , archaeology , computer science , programming language
Set against a backdrop of persistently high reoffending rates and the emergent ‘Transforming Rehabilitation’ (TR) agenda, the main argument in this article is derived from research of resettlement provision at a male open prison. Findings indicated that staff showed limited knowledge of the resettlement pathways of the Offender Management Model (OMM) and this had a direct impact on the purpose, range, and content of service delivery prior to release. Characteristics of a ‘silo mentality’ were identified within the prison's organisational framework which detracted from providing a sufficiently focused level of service according to the multi‐faceted requirements of the seamless sentence and the ‘through the gate’ ethos. The implications of this ‘myopic exclusivity’ for resettlement policy, design and practice of the prison and for the wider context of the penal system itself are not insignificant. They will present further major challenges and questions for TR.