First, the courts have intervened by way of judicial review in the matter of legal representation at adjudications and secondly, the Prior Committee has presented a much praised blueprint for a complete overhaul of the prison disciplinary system. Unfortunately, the intervention of the courts has made little impact in practice and the Prior Committee recommendations seem destined to be relegated to the limbo of lost causes. Which leaves prison disciplinary hearings subject to much the same criticisms as they have always been (see for example Justice 1983). (Author abstract)