This special issue of The Prison Journal features the scholarship of faculty based at, or associated with. the Institute for Research in Criminology, Community, Education and Social Justice at De Montfort University (DMU), Leicester, UK. Three articles offer critical perspectives on women's prisons, the role of coercive control in the lives of women offenders who are victimized by domestic abuse, and the issue of ethical research practice with imprisoned women. The remaining three contributions include an assessment of prison education in UK prisons, an overview of a hope-inspired UK prison arts program, and the results of a public attitudes survey regarding access to and use of digital technologiesby incarcerated individuals in the UK.

本期《监狱杂志》特刊介绍了基于或与之相关的教师的奖学金。德蒙福特大学 (DMU) 犯罪学、社区、教育和社会正义研究所，英国莱斯特。三篇文章对女子监狱、强制控制在受家庭虐待的女性罪犯生活中的作用以及被监禁女性的伦理研究实践问题提供了批判性观点。其余三项贡献包括对英国监狱的监狱教育评估、对充满希望的英国监狱艺术项目的概述，以及关于英国被监禁人员访问和使用数字技术的公众态度调查结果。