9. We held three meetings of an external reference panel. At the first meeting we discussed and agreed the overall direction of the study. At the second meeting we reported back on progress and at the final meeting we discussed our findings and the presentation of information in this report. The members of the panel were:
■ Phil Wheatley - Deputy Director General of HM Prison Service (Director General from March 2003)
■ Mike Newell - President of the Prison Governors' Association
■ Patrick Carter - Non-executive Director on the Strategic Board for Correctional Services, Home Office
■ Frances Crook - Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform
■ Alison Liebling - Director of the Prison Research Centre, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge