ABSTRACT
As places where citizens are deprived of their liberty, prisons have always had to be accountable at a number of levels. In terms of the law, accountability is channelled through the governor of the prison. In recent years accountability within the prison system has become much more detailed and business oriented, concentrating as much on processes as on outcomes. This raises fundamental questions about the nature of accountability within prisons, to whom it is due, from whom and on what basis.
