Yvonne Jewkes

Yvonne Jewkes is Professor of Criminology at the University of Bath's Department of Social & Policy Sciences, specializing in prison architecture and rehabilitative design. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has secured £1.5 million in research funding. As Founder/Editor-in-Chief of Incarceration journal, she advances international scholarship on confinement systems.

Her research examines:

• Architecture's role in rehabilitation, trauma reduction, and staff professionalism
• Trauma-Informed Care integration into prison design across multiple countries
• Historical and contemporary prison spaces through international comparative analysis

Jewkes' publications focus on Victorian prison heritage, carceral space conceptualization, and health-oriented prison design, employing spatial and theoretical frameworks across diverse cultural contexts.

Her extensive consultancy includes advisory roles for prison services in Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, UK, and Northern Ireland, contributing to facility design at institutions like HMP Berwyn and Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. She regularly presents at international corrections conferences and parliamentary inquiries.