Probation officers have seemingly taken little interest in the role of prison Boards of Visitors, yet their path between institutional collusion and ineffective abrasiveness is one with which we should have some sympathy and affinity. Anne Worrall of Keele University's Social Work programme and a Board of Visitors member, considers the future vitality of the Boards' function, now that they have lost their disciplinary powers.
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