Louise Ridley

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• ‘It is what it is ...’: men’s experiences of ocular chemical substance attacks in North-East England, Ridley, L., Figueiredo, F., Burrows, R., Scott, S., Wilson, A. 1 Mar 2026, In: Justice, Power and Resistance
• Invisible Men: Unlocking Compassion and Understanding the Needs of Older Men Behind Bars, Ridley, L., Waldegrave, K. 7 Jan 2025, In: Social Sciences
• The introduction and development of a mental health integrated support unit within an English Prison: clinical, care staff and Operational Officer perspectives, McClelland, N., Brandon, T., Dyer, W., Cassidy, K., Ridley, L., Biddle, P. 1 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Forensic Practice
• No Place for Old Men?: Meeting the needs of an Ageing Male Prison Population in England and Wales., Ridley, L. 1 Oct 2022, In: Social Policy and Society
• Prisoners with Severe Mental Illnesses and Everyday Prison Interior (Re)design, Cassidy, K., Dyer, W., Biddle, P., Ridley, L., Brandon, T., McClelland, N. 4 Dec 2022, The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Design, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
• The Development of a Prison Mental Health Unit in England: Understanding Realist Context(s)., Dyer, W., Cassidy, K., Ridley, L., Biddle, P., McClelland, N., Brandon, T. 1 Apr 2021, In: International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
• Making space for mental health care within the penal estate, Cassidy, K., Dyer, W., Biddle, P., Brandon, T., McClelland, N., Ridley, L. 1 Mar 2020, In: Health and Place
• An Evaluation of ‘Through the Gate Plus’ in the North East of England, Harding, J., Irving, A., Ridley, L., Bilby, C. Jul 2014
• 'At risk' young people and preparedness for work: the Youth Choice Project, Ridley, L., Wray, D. Mar 2014, In: Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
• No substitute for the real thing: the impact of prison based work experience on students' thinking about imprisonment, Ridley, L. Feb 2014, In: The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

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• Oral presentation: Rethinking imprisonment for older male prisoners 2018

Louise Maxwell The failure of the prison system: how did we get to the current critical overcrowding of Prisons in England and Wales. Start Date: 01/10/2022 End Date: 04/10/2025

• Teacher Training PGCHE June 30 1993
• Criminology MA June 30 1987
• Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2007