-66 different to other prisons you have worked in? • Do you consider this prison a strict or rather a lenient prison? What do you prefer? What is important in this regard? How does it affect the relationships between staff and prisoners? • In a scale from 1-10, how fair do you consider this prison to be? Example questions for interviews with prisoners Humane and respectful treatment • On a scale from 1-10, how do you rate the quality of your relationship with staff? • How do prison officers most often address you? Do you feel addressed in a respectful manner? Can you give an example of when you felt treated with respect? Do you feel treated with humanity in prison? What does it mean for you? • Can you tell us about a situation in prison in which you felt heard, seen and treated as an individual? • Do you get along with officers in your department? Do you know the names of staff members? • Does anybody in the prison really know you as a person, or want to get to know you? • If you could change one thing about how prison staff treats prisoners, what would it be? • On a scale from 1-10, how much do you feel that ‘things get done’ in this prison? • Are there situations in which staff just does not react to your questions and simply looks away? • What makes a good prison guard? • Here in this prison, do you feel there is a strong culture of ‘them against us’ between prisoners and staff? • Have you heard racist comments towards foreign prisoners?

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