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Trust, support and accessibility
• How approachable/friendly/helpful is the staff to you?
• Do you feel that the staff cares about your needs? Tell us about a
situation in which your felt supported.
• Do you trust the staff in your wing? Do you feel like the staff trusts you?
• Is there a member of staff you can turn to for help if you have a
problem?
Power/authority and fairness of the regime
• On a scale from 1-10, how fairly would you say you are treated?
• Do you feel treated differently or discriminated against by staff?
Why? In which situations?
• Do you feel that staff is hiding behind formal rules and regulations so
they do not have to interact informally with prisoners? Can you give
an example?
• Have you ever felt that decisions are taken arbitrarily? Why did you
feel that way?
• On a scale from 1-10, how fairly do you feel that the disciplinary
procedure are?
• Can you think of a situation in which the staff over-used their power?
• Did staff every threaten you will the refusal of certain services?
• How does the staff show their authority the most?
• Do you feel that you have some power over your own life or are
things just happening to you?
• What is your experience with requests and replies/ decisions?
• Is it easy to make a request? Are requests dealt with fairly/quickly?
• Do you think that requests get lost or disappear?
• Did you ever apply to speak to the director or some other member of the
prison management? If someone came to see you, how long did it take?
• Do you receive answers and reasons for decisions taken?
Monitoring Prison Violence
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