Lord Carter's Review of Prisons (2007), proposed the construction of vast 'Titan' prisons to deal with the problem of prison overcrowding, the establishment of a Sentencing Commission for keeping judicial demand for prison places in line with supply, and further use of the private sector. This book is a response to these controversial proposals.

Mike Hough, Institute for Criminal Policy Research, School of Law, King''''s College London, Rob Allen, International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College London and Enver Solomon, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, King''s College, London