are likely to receive a custodial sentence, and the potential for using remand less, will (in time) benefit this population. However, it will be even more difficult for foreign national prisoners to access legal advice for immigration matters. Most controversially perhaps, the new Tariff Expiry Removal scheme means that foreign national prisoners on a life or IPP (indeterminate sentence for public protection) sentence can be deported at or after tariff expiry. Foreign national prisoners who were expecting to spend a considerable time in prison may find themselves being deported with little or no preparation. Conversely, for British citizens on indeterminate sentences, who face the prospect of potentially a long time in prison and no release date, this can appear deeply unfair. British nationals will still need to have their release agreed by the parole board. Foreign national prisoners are in danger of becoming a population who are seen purely in immigration terms. Their welfare and rehabilitation needs are becoming invisible. They are doubly disadvantaged through being at the mercy of the immigration and prison systems. The Prison Reform Trust’s concerns about the treatment of foreign national prisoners are shared by other charities, visiting groups, lawyers and HMCIP. There has been no assessment of the impact of the hub and spoke scheme on family ties, rehabilitation opportunities and sentence progression. There is no comparative information regarding work, education and other opportunities for post-sentence detainees and other foreign national prisoners. There is no real understanding of the need for preparation for release and resettlement support. Welfare, cultural and language needs are not always addressed. Overall, the failure to recognise the diversity, individual circumstances and different needs of foreign national prisoners leads to unfairness in the system. The prison service should implement a policy on foreign nationals that sets out a coherent strategy to improve their predicament. This will require leadership, recognition that foreign national prisoners are entitled to be treated as prisoners rather than deportees and a real commitment to preventing unfair differential treatment. The Prison and the Public 27 March March 2013 Edge ge H Hill ill University U n iv e rs ity Ed ys Pl Plenary enarry speakers: p e a k e rs : Dr J Jamie amie B Bennett ennett ((Governor Governor o off HM HMP Grendon, Research Associate att P Gr endon, Re s e a rc h A s s o c ia t e a the forr Criminology, University off O Oxford, and Editor off th the the Centre Centre fo Criminology, U niversity o xford, a nd E ditor o e Prison Prris iso n Service Journal). rrv v ic e J Se ournal). Eric Allison correspondent Er ic Al lison ((prisons p ris o n s c orrespondent ffor newspaper, ttrustee rustee or tthe he Guardian Guardian newspaper, of the the Shannon Shannon Trust Trust and a former former prisoner). prisoner). T This his o one-day ne-day conference conference w will ill ffocus ocus o on n tthe he re relationship lationship a and nd iinterface nterface b between etween tthe he prison prison a and nd the the public. public. T The he iimposition mposition o off st state ate p punishment unishment has has h historically istorically ki kindled ndled tthe he public and, as such, world off tthe prison has become public iimagination magination a nd, a s su ch, tthe he ‘‘private’ private’ w orld o he p rison h as b ecome increasingly exposed range off m modes. The aim off tthis conference increasingly e xposed tthrough hrough a ra nge o odes. T he a im o his co nference iis s tto o explore variety off m means which prison becomes connected with e xplore tthe he v ariety o eans tthrough hrough w hich tthe he p rison b ecomes co nnected w ith tthe he public and vice versa. This conference will be multi-disciplinary, will p ublic a nd v ice v ersa. T his co nference w ill b em ulti-disciplinary, ttopics opics w ill iinclude: nclude: • Representations Representations of of prisons prisons in in film, film, TV TV and and lliterature iterature • The The re relationship la tio n s h ip between between tthe he pr prison, ison, pr prison ison ser service vice and tthe he publ public ic • The rrole ole and me methods th o d s o off th the e m media edia a and nd jo journalism urnalism in rrelation elation to th the e p prison rison • Academic analysis historical) off tthe prison and public Ac ademic a nalysis ((criminological, criminological, h is to ric a l) o he p ris o n a nd tthe he p u b lic • The off p prison Visual The construction, construction, purpose purpose and and diversity diversity o rison exhibitions e x h ib itio n s • V is u a l images art and photography. images of, of, and and from from the the prison prison in a rt a nd p hotography. Speakers Speakers will will include include a academics, cademics, w writers, riters, p practitioners, ractitioners, a artists, rtists, jjournalists, ournalists, a archivists rchivists and and cu curators rators and and those those w who ho w work ork w within ithin T TV Va and nd ffilm. ilm. Se Selected lected co contributions ntributions tto o tthis his conference conference will will be be published published iin n a sp special ecial e edition dition o off tthe he Prison Prison Service Service Journal. Journal. Pl Please ease su submit bmit a an na abstract bstract o off a about bout 250 words a and nd a sh short ort biography biography by Friday 22 February 2013 tto o either either Al Alyson yson Bro Brown wn ((browna@edgehill.ac.uk) orr Al Alana Barton rton browna@edgehill.ac.uk) o ana Ba ((bartona@edgehill.ac.uk. e bartona@edgehill.ac.uk. To To book book whether whether giving giving paper paper or or just just attending attending se see www.ehu.ac.uk/booktheprisonandthepublic www.ehu.ac.uk/booktheprisonandthepublic Issue 205 Prison Service Journal 51