The Perrie Award has been presented annually since 1995 by the Perrie Lectures Committee to the person who has done most to promote an understanding of the work of the Prison Service in England and Wales, and pushed forward the development of penal policy. The award and the associated lectures aim to improve the care of offenders and advance penal policy. The organising committee is made up of members from within the penal service (NOMS or National Offender Management Service) and from academia, charities and other fields.
The award and lecture programme were named in honour of Bill Perrie (1918-1997), regarded as one of the leading prison governors of his time.
Award winners
1995 Judge Stephen Tumim 1996 A J (Tony) Pearson, former Deputy Director, UK Prison Service 1997 Vivien Stern 1998 John Staples, former prison governor and trustee of the Howard League for Penal Reform 1999 Sir Peter Lloyd 2000 Tim Newell, founder of Escaping Victimhood charity and author of Restorative Justice in Prisons 2001 Sir David Ramsbotham 2002 The Prison Service Respond/Respect team (a minority ethnic staff support network) 2003 Lord Chief Justice Woolf 2004 Colin Allen, deputy chief inspector of prisons 1995-2002 2005 Frances Crook 2006 Kathy Biggar, Suicide Prevention Advisor, High Security Prisons 2001 -2007. Founder of The Listener Scheme. 2007 Clive Stafford Smith 2008 Bob Perry 2009 Farida Anderson, founder of POPs charity (Partners of Prisoners) 2010 Stephen Shaw 2011 Trevor Williams, Director of Offender Management for the Eastern Region 2012 Dame Anne Owers 2013 The Venerable William Noblett 2014 Juliet Lyon 2015 Sir Martin Narey, former director general of the Prison Service for England & Wales 2016 Alison Liebling, Cambridge University Her research into prisons has contributed immensely to the welfare of prisoners.References
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