ABSTRACT
This chapter compares the kinds of bullying experienced and perpetrated by male prisoners in 2 prison settings, both in the north of England. One is a young offenders institution, here called Yardley. The other is a ‘Rule 43’ adult male prison, here called Princeton, where prisoners are placed either because they are too disruptive to be placed in a standard prison or they are considered too vulnerable. Both prisons had anti-bullying policies and, in both prisons, the impact of the policy was limited, although for different reasons. Research into prison bullying to date has, arguably, neglected the role of policies in shaping and managing bullying with the focus, as men tioned in previous chapters in this book, primarily on the nature and extent of bullying. This chapter aims to begin to address the lack of attention given to prison anti-bullying policies by highlighting their role in understanding and managing bullying as well as providing some comparisons between prisons.
