Perrie Award

The '''Perrie Award''' has been presented annually since 1995 by the Perrie Lectures Committee to the person who has done most to promote an understanding of the work of the Prison Service in England and Wales, and pushed forward the development of penal policy.<ref>[http://www.perrielectures.org.uk/?page_id=25 The Perrie Lectures website]</ref> The award and the associated lectures aim to improve the care of offenders and advance penal policy.<ref>[http://prisonspaces.com/events/the-perrie-lectures-2013/ ''The Perrie Lectures 2013''], Prison Spaces</ref> The organising committee is made up of members from within the penal service (NOMS or National Offender Management Service), and from academia, charities and other fields.<ref>[http://www.perrielectures.org.uk/?page_id=33 "The Committee"], The Perrie Lectures</ref>

The award and lecture programme were named in honour of Bill Perrie (1918–1997), regarded as one of the leading prison governors of his time.<ref>[http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/PerrieLectures060608.pdf ''The Perrie Lectures 2008''], Institute of Race Relations</ref>

==Award winners==

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Winner ! Notes |- | 1995 || Judge Stephen Tumim || |- | 1996 || A J (Tony) Pearson || Former Deputy Director, UK Prison Service |- | 1997 || Vivien Stern || |- | 1998 || John Staples || Former prison governor and trustee of the Howard League for Penal Reform |- | 1999 || Sir Peter Lloyd || |- | 2000 || Tim Newell || Founder of Escaping Victimhood charity and author of Restorative Justice in Prisons |- | 2001 || Sir David Ramsbotham || |- | 2002 || The Prison Service Respond/Respect team || A minority ethnic staff support network. |- | 2003 || Lord Chief Justice Woolf || |- | 2004 || Colin Allen || Deputy chief inspector of prisons 1995-2002 |- | 2005 || Frances Crook || |- | 2006 || Kathy Biggar || Suicide Prevention Advisor, High Security Prisons 2001 -2007. Founder of The Listener Scheme.<ref>{{cite web|last1=James|first1=Erwin|title=Emotional release|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/jun/19/prisons.homeaffairs|website=The Guardian|accessdate=23 December 2017|date=19 June 2006}}</ref> Deceased June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=James |first=Erwin |date=2018-06-21 |title=Kathy Baker obituary |url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/21/kathy-baker-obituary |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> |- | 2007 || Clive Stafford Smith || |- | 2008 || Bob Perry || |- | 2009 || Farida Anderson || Founder of POPs charity (Partners of Prisoners) |- | 2010 || Stephen Shaw || <ref>[http://ocrmediaconference2011.weebly.com/uploads/6/0/9/6/6096819/prison_education_journal.pdf ''Editorial comment''], Prison Service Journal, no.192, November 2010, p.2</ref> |- | 2011 || Trevor Williams || Director of Offender Management for the Eastern Region |- | 2012 || Dame Anne Owers || <ref>[http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/PSJ%20November%202012%20No.%20204.pdf ''Editorial comment''], Prison Service Journal, no.204, November 2012, p.2</ref> |- | 2013 || The Venerable William Noblett || <ref>[http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/PSJ%20211%20January%202014.pdf ''Editorial comment''], Prison Service Journal, no.211, January 2014, p.2</ref> |- | 2014 || Juliet Lyon || <ref>{{cite web|title=Making sense of life sentences|url=https://blog.fitz.cam.ac.uk/2014/06/26/making-sense-of-life-sentences/|website=Fitzwilliam College|accessdate=23 December 2017|date=26 June 2014}}</ref> |- | 2015 || Sir Martin Narey || Former director general of the Prison Service for England & Wales<ref>[https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/PSJ%20224%20March%202016.pdf Prison Service Journal] no. 224, March 2016, p.3</ref> |- | 2016 || Alison Liebling, Cambridge University || Her research into prisons has contributed immensely to the welfare of prisoners.<ref>[http://www.prc.crim.cam.ac.uk/About-us/annual-report-2016 Annual Report 2016], Prison Research Centre</ref> |- | 2017 || Sarah Payne || |-2018 Nigel Newcommen

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Category:British awards Category:Penal system in England Category:Awards established in 1995 Category:1995 establishments in the United Kingdom Category:Sociology awards Category:Criminology