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Abstract: Since the mid‐1970s, the writers of a number of widely‐publicised reports and journal articles have sought to make a case for the separation of the supervisory and adjudicative roles of Boards of Visitors within penal establishments on the premise that the dual functions are incompatible. In this article the author traces the history of this development, and presents a case for the retention of both roles on the basis that they are complementary and form an essential component of due process within prison regime management.
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