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Rampersaud, Marsha. "Process and Becoming: Spatiality and Carceral Identities." TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies 43 (September 1, 2021): 100–130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/topia-43-008.

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This paper theorizes that a process of identity transformation occurs when individuals enter prisons, whereby individuals become prisoners. I investigate how this identity transformation occurs through interaction with the prison’s architectural design. Prisons are posited as locations of purposeful spatial organization whose design evokes particular performances from those within and outside, and which actively contributes to the creation of the prisoner identity. This investigation reveals a carceral power at work which renders prisons sites of articulated and detailed control that exist within a broader set of institutional practices and relations of power aimed at the transformation of individuals. This discussion critically engages with the broader purpose of the prison: while prisons are meant to rehabilitate and reform prisoners, the structured architecture of the prison conflicts with this objective.
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Lecomte-Tilouine, Marie, and Mohan Singh Rana. "Understanding prisons’ inner organisation." Contributions to Indian Sociology 51, no. 2 (April 26, 2017): 194–220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0069966717697415.

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The fact that voices of the prisoners are absent in the few studies devoted to prison life in Nepal is no doubt related to the difficulty of conducting inquiries in such a context, which strongly limits our understanding of prisons. This article seeks to portray the functioning of prisons in Nepal from the inside, through the inmates’ narratives. It addresses the prison’s inner organisation and the role of ‘convict officers’. It is based on a study conducted in 2012 and 2013 with convicted male and female inmates belonging to different castes as well as the discussions with the staff of the prison administration, the prison directors and the police.
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Treacy, Samantha, Anna Haggith, Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe, and Tine Van Bortel. "Dementia-friendly prisons: a mixed-methods evaluation of the application of dementia-friendly community principles to two prisons in England." BMJ Open 9, no. 8 (August 2019): e030087. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030087.

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ObjectivesTo apply and evaluate dementia-friendly community (DFC) principles in prisons.DesignA pilot study and process evaluation using mixed methods, with a 1-year follow-up evaluation period.SettingTwo male prisons: a category C sex offender prison (prison A) and a local prison (prison B).Participants68 participants—50 prisoners, 18 staff.InterventionThe delivery of dementia information sessions, and the formulation and implementation of dementia-friendly prison action plans.MeasuresStudy-specific questionnaires; Alzheimer’s Society DFC criteria; semi-structured interview and focus group schedules.ResultsBoth prisons hosted dementia information sessions which resulted in statistically significant (p>0.05) increases in attendees’ dementia knowledge, sustained across the follow-up period. Only prison A formulated and implemented a dementia action plan, although a prison B prisoner dedicated the prisoner magazine to dementia, post-information session. Prison A participants reported some progress on awareness raising, environmental change and support to prisoners with dementia in maintaining independence. The meeting of other dementia-friendly aims was less apparent. Numbers of older prisoners, and those diagnosed with dementia, appeared to have the greatest impact on engagement with DFC principles, as did the existence of specialist wings for older prisoners or those with additional care needs. Other barriers and facilitators included aspects of the prison institution and environment, staff teams, prisoners, prison culture and external factors.ConclusionsDFC principles appear to be acceptable to prisons with some promising progress and results found. However, a lack of government funding and strategy to focus action around the escalating numbers of older prisoners and those living with dementia appears to contribute to a context where interventions targeted at this highly vulnerable group can be deprioritised. A more robust evaluation of this intervention on a larger scale over a longer period of time would be useful to assess its utility further.
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NJOROGE, PAULINE. "THE EFFECTS OF PRISON REFORMS ON REFORMATION OF INMATES IN NYANDARUA COUNTY,KENYA." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 7, no. 7 (August 1, 2020): 630–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.77.8652.

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This paper uses data collected for an MA Thesis on effects of prison reforms on reformation of inmates in Nyandarua County prisons, Kenya. This study has been necessitated by the need to make the penal system fair and effective. As has been revealed by this study, despite undertaking prison reforms, the attempt to improve the harsh prison conditions has created other problems that negate the reformation and rehabilitation of offenders. The study sought to investigate the effects of prison reforms on reformation of inmates in prisons with a focus on examining the existing prison reforms that have been undertaken in prisons since 2001, the effects of prison reforms on the reformation of prisoners, how Prison reforms have negated the reformation of prisoners, and mechanisms that were in place in prisons to control the negative effects of prison reforms. Major research findings obtained revealed that, though reforms have been implemented, a good portion of the reforms remained un-implemented. This may be explained by the fact that the prison authorities themselves did not put in place deliberate measures to rehabilitate inmates. Besides, there were gaps in the marketability of the skills that the prisoners acquired while in prison. The study noted the upsurge of prison crimes such as substances and drug abuse, rape and sodomy, and prisoner violence/assaults against other prisoners. The study recommends promotion of prison staff because they are the first line of defense in terms of government reformation efforts. Their stronger good will counts in any prisons reformation agenda. The study recommends constant review of prison education and training programmes to conform them to current job market skills for smooth re-integration of prisoners back into the society.
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Sexton, Lori, and Valerie Jenness. "“We’re like community”: Collective identity and collective efficacy among transgender women in prisons for men." Punishment & Society 18, no. 5 (August 1, 2016): 544–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1462474516642859.

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Recognizing that prisons house diverse populations in equally diverse types of environments, we utilize a unique data set and employ two well-known sociological concepts—collective identity and collective efficacy—to examine overlapping communities in which transgender women in prisons for men are situated and experience prison life. Findings from our mixed-methods analysis reveal that despite their considerable diversity, transgender prisoners embrace a collective identity and perceive collective efficacy as transgender prisoners more so than as prisoners per se; their collective identity and perceptions of collective efficacy are predicated on social-interactional factors rather than demographic characteristics and physical features of the carceral environment; and the more time a transgender inmate spends in prison, the more likely she is to identify with a community of transgender prisoners, but the less likely she is to feel an affective commitment to the transgender prisoner community or to expect other transgender prisoners to act on her behalf in prison. This novel application of dynamics generally understood to operate in social movements and residential neighborhoods—collective identity and collective efficacy, respectively—to the transgender community in California’s prisons sheds insight into the ways in which transgender women in prisons for men experience prison life, the loyalties around which prison life is organized, and the complexities around which communities in prison are structured.
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Johnsen, Berit, Per Kristian Granheim, and Janne Helgesen. "Exceptional prison conditions and the quality of prison life: Prison size and prison culture in Norwegian closed prisons." European Journal of Criminology 8, no. 6 (November 2011): 515–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477370811413819.

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This paper discusses the quality of prison life and prison size in relation to the notion of ‘Scandinavian exceptionalism’. Using the questionnaires ‘Measuring the Quality of Prison Life’ (MQPL) for prisoners and ‘Staff Measuring the Quality of Prison Life’ (SQL) for staff, data were collected from all 32 closed prisons in Norway. Based on the assumption that prison officers’ working lives, their perspectives and their values influence prisoners’ quality of life, the main focus in the paper is on the officers. Small prisons (fewer than 50 prisoners) obtain more positive results than medium-sized (50–100) and large (more than 100) prisons, on several dimensions measured. The relationship between officers and prisoners seems to be of better quality in small prisons than in medium-sized and large prisons. Officers in small prisons also report more positive relationships with senior management than their colleagues in medium-sized and large prisons. The results are discussed in light of previous studies on officers and prison working life dynamics.
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Brown, Ashley, Helen Sweeting, Greig Logan, Evangelia Demou, and Kate Hunt. "Prison Staff and Prisoner Views on a Prison Smoking Ban: Evidence From the Tobacco in Prisons Study." Nicotine & Tobacco Research 21, no. 8 (May 26, 2018): 1027–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty092.

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Abstract Introduction In jurisdictions permitting prisoner smoking, rates are high (c75%), with smoking embedded in prison culture, leading to secondhand smoke exposures among staff and prisoners and challenges for smoking cessation. Momentum is building to ban smoking in prisons, but research on staff and prisoner views is lacking. We address this gap, providing evidence on staff and prisoner views throughout all Scottish prisons. Methods Data were collected prior to the announcement of a (November 2018) prison smoking ban throughout Scotland. Mixed methods were used: surveys of staff (online, N = 1271, ~27%) and prisoners (questionnaire, N = 2512, ~34%); 17 focus groups and two paired interviews with staff in 14 prisons. Results Staff were more positive than prisoners about bans and increased smoking restrictions, although prisoner views were more favorable should e-cigarettes be permitted. Nonsmokers were more positive than smokers. Whilst 74% staff and 22% prisoners agreed bans were a good idea, both groups acknowledged implementation and enforcement challenges. Staff views were influenced by beliefs about: acceptability of the policy in principle and whether/how bans could be achieved. Although some voiced doubts about smoke-free policies, staff likened a ban to other operational challenges. Staff raised concerns around needs for appropriate measures, resources and support, adequate lead-in time, and effective communication prior to a ban. Conclusion We recommend that regular and open opportunities for dialogue within and between different stakeholder groups are created when preparing for prison smoking bans and that specific measures to address staff and prisoner concerns are incorporated into plans to create and maintain smoke-free environments. Implications To our knowledge, this study is the first to research staff and prisoner views across a whole prison system prior to implementation of smoke-free policies. The results highlight potential challenges and suggest measures, which might help to maximize the success of bans. Our results are relevant for prison service managers responsible for the forthcoming introduction of a ban in Scottish prisons (November 2018) and for other prison systems and comparable institutions planning smoke-free initiatives. Given that prison smoking bans may be contentious, we recommend creating regular and open opportunities for dialogue between stakeholders when preparing for and maintaining smoke-free environments.
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Peirce, Jennifer, and Gustavo Fondevila. "Concentrated Violence: The Influence of Criminal Activity and Governance on Prison Violence in Latin America." International Criminal Justice Review 30, no. 1 (June 6, 2019): 99–130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1057567719850235.

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In this article, we explore patterns of prison violence in five Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, and Peru. Drawing on data from prisoner surveys conducted in 49 facilities with over 4,400 prisoners, we analyze the association between facility-level and individual-level rates of experiences of violence and the extent of perceived criminal activity committed in or ordered from inside prisons. Contrary to classical theory, neither poor prison conditions nor prior delinquent experience is directly associated with increased violence. Rather, we demonstrate that prison facilities with more widespread criminal activity inside have higher rates of prison violence. Further, within a given facility, prisoners with closer ties to criminal activity have more pre-incarceration criminal exposure and are also more likely to experience violence inside prison; this reflects research on victim–offender overlap. At a general level, our study shows that involvement in the sub-rosa economy of the prison increases one’s risk of violence in prison. We consider how common features of Latin American prisons—scarce state-provided resources, permeability to people on the outside, and more prisoner-led governance—explain these dynamics of violence inside prisons. Where prisoner-led governance is more consolidated—such as in Brazil and El Salvador—violence appears to be less common, even if criminal activity is prevalent, compared to countries where prison governance is combined or contested between authorities and prisoners. These findings suggest that prison violence reduction policies should respond to the real needs and strategies of incarcerated people rather than simply impose more control.
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Forrester, Andrew, Christopher Henderson, Simon Wilson, Ian Cumming, Miriam Spyrou, and Janet Parrott. "A suitable waiting room? Hospital transfer outcomes and delays from two London prisons." Psychiatric Bulletin 33, no. 11 (November 2009): 409–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.108.022780.

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Aims and MethodTo describe a group of prisoners who required transfer to mental health units from two London prisons. Data were collected from prison clinical records.ResultsOverall, 149 patient-prisoners were transferred over a 17-month period. Around a quarter were not previously known to services. the aggregate wait was 36.5 years (averaging between 93 and 102 days per prisoner) and the total saving to the National Health Service (NHS) has been estimated at £6.759 million.Clinical ImplicationsBoth prisons manage a large number of prisoners with untreated psychosis. While in prison, they save the NHS considerable sums of money, but transfer delays prevent timely treatment and could now be legally challenged.
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Brown, Ashley, Helen Sweeting, Sean Semple, Linda Bauld, Evangelia Demou, Greig Logan, and Kate Hunt. "Views of prison staff in Scotland on the potential benefits and risks of e-cigarettes in smoke-free prisons: a qualitative focus group study." BMJ Open 9, no. 6 (June 2019): e027799. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027799.

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ObjectiveElectronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were introduced into all Scottish prisons in February 2018, some months after prisons began preparing in 2017 for a smoking ban implemented in November 2018. In 2016/2017, prison staff views on the potential benefits and risks of e-cigarettes were explored in advance of the introduction of: (1) a smoking ban and (2) e-cigarettes.SettingFourteen prisons in Scotland.ParticipantsSeventeen focus groups and two paired interviews were conducted with 132 staff in 14 Scottish prisons 4–9 months before plans for a smoking ban were announced in July 2017. Both smoking and non-smoking staff were invited to participate.ResultsPrison staff highlighted three potential risks of e-cigarettes in smoke-free prisons: staff health risks from e-cigarette vapour; prisoner health risks from vaping; and risks to both groups from e-cigarette misuse, defects or accidents. Conversely, potential benefits of e-cigarettes in smoke-free prisons centred on: reducing smoking-related health harms to staff and prisoners; helping prisoners to manage without tobacco; and supporting staff to maintain safety and discipline in prison. Staff who participated in focus groups had limited experience of vaping and expressed some uncertainty and misunderstandings about e-cigarettes.ConclusionOur findings highlight that scientific uncertainty, misunderstanding about vaping, the complexity of prisons as workplaces and prison tobacco control policy all have implications for staff perceptions of the potential place of e-cigarettes in smoke-free prisons. To alleviate staff concerns, there is a need for reliable information on e-cigarettes. Staff may also require reassurances on whether products are ‘tamper proof’, and rules about vaping indoors.
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Smith, Juliana Jamel. "The cultural dynamic of the prison industrial complex a critique of political rhetoric and popular film during the 1980's /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p1450190.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008.
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed April 7, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-129).
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Enterkin, Jill. "Female prison officers in men's prisons." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.248824.

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Guimier, Mayenc Marthe. "Prison vécue, prisons imaginées au 19e siècle." Grenoble 3, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989GRE39015.

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La detention penitentiaire est unanimement consideree comme inefficace et dangereuse. Pour essayer de comprendre la permanence et l'universalite de la prison sous de multiples visages, en depit de ce constat accablant, nous nous somme propose d'etudier, a partir de memoires et temoignages divers, comment l'homme se comporte lorsqu'il doit affronter ce monde nouveau et redoutable qu'est pour lui la prison et quelle est la part de l'imaginaire dans ce comportement : prison vecue. Nous avons ensuite analyse des oeuvres d'imagination faisant intervenir prisons ou prisonniers afin de mettre en evidence la maniere dont l'auteur se represente l'incarceration et quels sont les elements mythiques de ses figurations dans le contexte d'une epoque donnee : prisons imaginees au 19e siecle. Cette etude a mis au jour l'existence de representations mythiques actives, plus ou moins structurees en un mythe latent : le mythe initiatique qui sous-tend le reve d'obtenir par la mise a l'ecart la regeneration du coupable, puis sa re-naissance, a l'issue de la peine, sous la forme d'un homme nouveau, purifie, apte a reprendre sa place dans la communaute des hommes desireuse de l'accueillir. Helas ! l'institution mise en place par des legislateurs conduits par le dynamisme du mythe n'a enfante qu'un "mythe avorte" et la prison continue avec ses effets pervers
Penitentiary confinement is unanimously considered as inefficient and dangerous. To try to understand the permanency and universality of prison under numerous aspects, in spite of this damning statement, we intended -through various memoirs and witnesses'reports- to study how man behaves vhen he must face this new unrelenting world that prison is for him and what part is played by "the imagi- nary" in this behaviour : this is prison as experienced. Then we analysed imaginary works including prisons or prisoners, so as to point out the way the author visualizes incarceration, and what the mythical elements of his representations are, in the general environment of a given period : prisons as imagined in the 19the century. This study has brought out the existence of active mythical representa- tions which more or less built up a latent myth : the initiatory myth which under- lays the dream that the guilty one will be regenerated by being kept out of the way, then, at the end of his punishment, that he will be re-born as a new purified man able to take back his place in the community of men eager to welcome him. Unfortunately, the institution developed by legislators who were led by the power of the myth has only generated on "abortive myth" and prisons are kept on their evil consequences
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Chan, Hok-mo. "Medium security prison." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2595149x.

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Ntsobi, Mfanelo Patrick. "Privatisation of prisons and prison services in South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_7700_1181896202.

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The privatization of public prisons has caused much controversy in South Africa as well as internationally. However, it should be noted that the level of resistance to privatisation within the South African context has been minimal by international standards. It is not clear what might have contributed to this quiet approach given the fact that there are many anti-privatisation campaigns driven by the labour movement and civil society groups in South Africa. This research investigation focused on the privatisation of prisons and prison services in South Africa and has explored the various advantages and disadvantages that exist in this respect.

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Coyle, Andrew G. "The organisational development of the Scottish Prison Service, with particular reference to the role and influence of the prison officer." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/7557.

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This thesis argues that the Prison Service, while it has several unique features, is a bureaucratic structure with a typical mix of organisational strengths and weaknesses. The study of the development of the organisation of the Scottish Prison Service is, therefore, as possible and as proper as is the study of any large organisation. The first substantive chapter of the thesis analyses the historical development of the Scottish Prison Service within an organisational context. This has taken place in 3 main phases, the first two of which were sequential, the third less obviously so and more the result of the increasing involvement of central bureaucratic processes. Historically the Scottish prison system has been properly located within the criminal justice process and throughout the first 100 years of its modem existence the judiciary and the legal establishment played a central role in its development. The first phase or its history covers the years between 1835 and 1877 when it was taken progressively under central control. Particular attention is paid to William Brebner, the founding father of the Scottish prison system, and to the place of the General Prison at Perth. The second historical phase covers the tenure of office of the Scottish Prison Commission between 1877 and 1929. The significance of the Elgin Report of 1900, which has not previously been the subject of research, is described. The third phase of development which began in 1929 and continues today-has attempted to take the prison system out of the criminal justice process and to place it inappropriately within the mainstream of the administrative Civil Service. The thesis analyses the reasons for this and suggests that this structural change, rather than any lack of resources, is responsible for many of the present difficulties facing the Prison Service. The second substantive chapter of the thesis examines the place of the prison system within the sociology of organisations. By definition, an organisation can have only one primary goal. A feature of bureaucratic organisations is that those who work within them will not be satisfied with a single objective and are likely to develop secondary goals. One consequence of the location of the prison system within the mainstream of the civil service has been an emphasis on the secondary goals of imprisonment, principally that of rehabilitation, to the neglect of the primary goal which is the punishment involved in the deprivation of liberty for the length of time laid down by the court. A second consequence is the influence which staff are able to exert on the development of the service. The manner in which the trade unionism of prison staff has evolved in Scotland makes this area particularly worthy of study; an important and topical example is the control of difficult prisoners. The Thesis suggests that the management of the Scottish Prison Service is more participative in style than either the Official or the Staff Side recognise. Throughout the thesis many of the arguments presented are given support by responses to a questionnaire which was issued to serving members of staff and which is fully documented into appendices.
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Evans-Hall, Kellie-Ann Renee. "Prison Education: An Investigation of Pedagogic practices in Jamaican prisons." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488492.

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This study examines prison education within the Jamaican context with a view to uncovering, identifying and analysing key pedagogic techniques used by prison educators. Foucault was used as a theoretical framework for analysing the prison's role in society and the role of education in the prison context in order to focus on prison pedagogies.
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Sabaini, Raphael Tadeu. "Uma cidade entre presídios: ser agente penitenciário em Itirapina-SP." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8134/tde-14012013-135107/.

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Situado no contexto de incremento das políticas penitenciárias de interiorização de unidades prisionais por todo o estado de São Paulo, este trabalho tem a intenção de analisar o cotidiano e as práticas sociais e profissionais de agentes penitenciários do município de Itirapina, cidade localizada no interior paulista, onde se encontram instaladas duas penitenciárias. Análise parte da ótica de agentes, moradores, comerciantes e demais moradores,para resgatar o modo pelo qual tais políticas de interiorização dos presídios têm afetado a vida no município em questão. Assim como os detentos, os agentes penitenciários têm seu cotidiano ligado à rotina da prisão, criam seu vocabulário e seu modo de agir transitando entre o interior da cadeia e o convívio com demais pessoas na cidade. A dinâmica social recebe grande influência dos valores e das práticas oriundos das penitenciárias construídas na cidade. Portanto, dentro deste contexto, a construção de discursos e valores colocam a profissão de agente penitenciário numa posição de destaque, cercada de privilégios, relativizando o conceito de prestígio, mesmo estando diretamente relacionado com um universo tão estigmatizado como o prisional. Através da observação da rotina desses profissionais e demais pessoas que se relacionam entre si, na intenção de perceber a dinâmica social cotidiana dessas pessoas, este trabalho também realizou entrevistas com agentes, moradores e comerciantes, buscando perceber como o ambiente criado dentro dos limites da prisão ultrapassa suas muralhas até invadir e influenciar a rotina da grande maioria da população local.. Dessa maneira, destaca-se a relevância do agente penitenciário nos mais variados espaços de sociabilidade do município, fazendo deles agentes sociais referenciais no contexto urbano. Esta dissertação volta sua análise para as transformações e consequências engendradas durante esse processo, percebendo o trânsito de agentes penitenciários, sua comunicação do convívio intramuros com o extramuros, ao mesmo tempo em que ambos se coalescem em sua dinâmica social. Percebe-se, portanto, como a cidade e a prisão interligam-se uma à outra, envolvendo todas as pessoas pertencentes a esse contexto.
Situated in the context of increase policies internalization of prisons throughout the state of Sao Paulo, this paper aims to analyze the everyday practices of social and professional prison officers of Itirapina the municipality, a town in the interior, where are installed two prisons. Analysis through the views of agents, residents, merchants and other inhabitants of the city such as internalization of prison policies has affected the county in question. Like the inmates, prison officers have linked to their daily routine of prison, they create their vocabulary and their mode of action moving between the inside of jail and living with others in the city. The social dynamics developed in Itirapina receives great influence of the values and practices from the prisons built in the city. Therefore, within this context, the construction of discourses and values put the profession of the prison guard in Itirapina in a prominent position, surrounded by privileges, relativizing the concept of prestige, it is directly related to a universe so stigmatized prison. By observing the routine of these professionals and others who relate to each other, hoping to understand the social dynamics of these people daily, this study also conducted interviews with staff, residents and merchants, seeking to understand how the environment created within the confines of the prison beyond its walls to break the routine and influence of the great majority of the population of the city. Thus, we highlight the relevance of the prison guard in a variety of social spaces in the city, making them agents of social references in the urban context. This essay turns its analysis to the changes and consequences engendered during this process, realizing the transit of prison guards, their communication with the extramural with intramural living, while they both coalesce in its social dynamics. It is clear, therefore, how city and prison are interconnected to each other, involving all those present here.
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Dietz, Erik Faust. "Defining 'too close for comfort' environmental and individual determinants of perceived crowding among a federal inmate population /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 0.99 Mb., 180 p, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3205428.

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Piche, Justin. "Restorative prisons?" Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27406.

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In its infancy, restorative justice emerged not only as an 'alternative' to prison but also as a competing justice model that sought to reduce our reliance on the existing retributive 'criminal justice' system. It is said that restorative justice initiatives distinguish themselves from the prevailing punitive approach to 'crime' as they are guided by a different set of questions, objectives, values and principles that provide opportunities for restorative outcomes. In theory, these community-based 'alternative' programs were to divert cases away from the retributive 'criminal justice' system' so that reparations between 'offenders', victims and affected community members could be made possible. In my study, I have identified 277 initiatives that claim to be in the business of restorative justice, many of which are either funded, administrated or receive their case loads from institutions within the existing 'criminal justice' system. In these cases, we must ask ourselves whether the restorative justice initiatives operating within the parameters of the 'criminal justice' system adhere to the objectives, values and principles outlined in the philosophy of restorative justice. To begin to address this very question, which is the central objective of this study, I examine one particular pilot project administrated by Correction Service Canada (CSC) from April 2001 to November 2005 called the Restorative Justice Unit (RJ Unit). This program, which was housed in Grande Cache Institution (GCI), was created by CSC to determine whether or not it would be feasible to transform the prison into a restorative correctional environment. In my analysis of this program, I unpack this notion and demonstrate that CSC has merely adopted the descriptors of the restorative approach to legitimate punishment and control under the guise of restorative justice and the rehabilitative rhetoric of the cognitive behavioural approach. In a story that reads more of the same, I conclude that the RJ Unit failed to adhere to the objectives, values and principles of the restorative approach due to the clear absence of political, relational and operational changes at the structural level of the organization and of the prison in which the program participants were housed. As such, I argue that CSC has and continues to be involved (with its other 'restorative justice' initiatives) in a process of absorption, whereby only the descriptors and practices of the restorative justice model that do not threaten the interests of the organization are incorporated into its existing framework. I contend that such a process allows CSC to maintain the dominant punitive character of its prisons by employing the language of restorative justice to deflect criticism from those who argue that the 'criminal justice' process, especially imprisonment, does not address the needs of 'offenders', victims and affected members of the community and also further contributes to the pain and marginalization experienced by these parties.
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Books on the topic "Of Prisons"

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John, Townsend. Prisons and prisoners. Oxford: Raintree, 2006.

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Rafael, Ramirez, ed. Prison profiles: Classification of prisoners and prisons in Indiana. [Philadelphia]: Xlibris Corp., 2000.

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Heylin, Greg. Evaluating prisons, prisoners and others. Dublin: The Policy Institute in association with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, 2001.

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Pollock, Joycelyn M. Prisons and prison life: Costs and consequences. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.

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1971-, Haslam Jason W., ed. Prisons and prisoners: Some personal experiences. Peterborough, Ont: Broadview Press, 2008.

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Prisons. New York, NY: Facts On File, Inc., 2011.

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Prisons. New York: Facts On File, 2006.

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Lee, Settle Mary. Prisons. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1987.

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Barden, Renardo. Prisons. Vero Beach, Fla: Rourke Corp., 1991.

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Austin, Sarat, ed. Prisons. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, 1998.

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Pillsbury, Samuel H. "Our Prisons, Our Prisoners." In Imagining a Greater Justice, 159–92. 1 Edition. | New York : Routledge, 2019.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429424922-9.

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Levesque, Roger J. R. "Prisons." In Encyclopedia of Adolescence, 2159–61. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1695-2_452.

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Edwards, Elsy. "Prisons." In Issues & Arguments, 63–70. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11090-2_12.

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Pollitt, Christopher, Colin Talbot, Janice Caulfield, and Amanda Smullen. "Prisons." In Agencies, 117–46. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230504868_7.

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Levesque, Roger J. R. "Prisons." In Encyclopedia of Adolescence, 2862–64. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33228-4_452.

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Zahn, Margaret A. "Prisons." In The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism, 508–19. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118923986.ch33.

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Francis, Ronald D. "Prisons." In Birthplace, Migration and Crime, 127–49. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137386489_8.

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Chesney-Lind, Meda, and Kat Brady. "Prisons." In The Value of Hawaii, edited by Craig Howes and Jonathan K. K. Osorio, 109–16. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780824860417-016.

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Mitchelson, Matthew L. "Prisons." In Keywords in Radical Geography:Antipodeat 50, 221–26. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119558071.ch41.

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Buonanno, Paolo, and Juan F. Vargas. "Prisons." In Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, 1641–44. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7753-2_595.

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Conference papers on the topic "Of Prisons"

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Rok Hacin, Rok Hacin, Chuck Fileds, and Gorazd Meško. "Prison Staff - Prisoners Relations in Slovenian Prisons." In Twelfth Biennial International Conference Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe: From Common Sense to Evidence-based Policy–making. University of Maribor Pres, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-174-2.19.

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Al saif, Abdulkarim. "Prisoner’s Attitudes Toward Using Distance Education Whilst in Prisons in Saudi Arabia." In InSITE 2007: Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3065.

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This research explores prisoners’ attitudes for undertaking distance-learning courses whilst in prison, and considers both the benefits and the difficulties experienced by prisoners as a result of their academic work. It is based on over 35 questionnaires completed by 300 current prisoners. The research was conducted in three prisons throughout the country in three different provinces. In addition to providing an in-depth account of the role that education can play during a prison sentence and beyond, it is intended that the experiences shared by these prisoners will provide the basis for additional guidance and support for future distance-learning inmates. The data of this study show that the prisoners in general demonstrated positive attitudes toward using distance education whilst in prisons. The remarkable finding was that the prisoners were self-motivated to engage in the computer and Internet use to continue their academic studies whilst in prison and learn new skills for getting jobs after prison. This finding supports the possibility of the prisoners’ engagement in distance education courses offered at prisons.
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Mulyadi, Dedi, and M. Aridhayandi. "Policy Guidance for Prisoners in Perspective of Law Number 12 of 1995 concerning Prisons: Comparative Study of Cianjur Prison and Magelang Prison." In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Progressive Civil Society (ICONPROCS 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/iconprocs-19.2019.31.

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Formentin, Nathan, Eduardo Borges, Giancarlo Lucca, Helida Santos, and Gracaliz Dimuro. "Death Registry Prediction in Brazilian Male Prisons with a Random Forest Ensemble." In Encontro Nacional de Inteligência Artificial e Computacional. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação - SBC, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5753/eniac.2020.12140.

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Brazil has the third-largest prison population globally, and it has been growing steadily for more than two decades. Constant growth and low jail investment generated significant problems, such as overcrowding and widespread diseases. This study proposes the construction of a Random Forest classifier to predict the occurrence of deaths in prisons. We extracted data from the National Survey of Penitentiary Information for the years 2015 to 2016. The best-fitted classifier achieved accuracy equals 87% being able to identify correctly up to 84% of deaths occurrences. In the present work, it was possible to establish a relationship between prisons' reality and the data mined, determining areas in need of investment in the penitentiary system.
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Nogueira, Pericles A., Regina M. C. D. M. Abrahao, and Vera M. N. Galesi. "TUBERCULOSIS IN PRISON SYSTEM – SURVEY IN TWO PRISONS IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL, 2008." In American Thoracic Society 2010 International Conference, May 14-19, 2010 • New Orleans. American Thoracic Society, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2010.181.1_meetingabstracts.a6829.

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Imandeka, Ejo, and Zulfikri. "Preventing Coronavirus in Overcrowded Prisons in Indonesia." In 1st International Conference on Law and Human Rights 2020 (ICLHR 2020). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210506.022.

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Brown, A., H. Sweeting, and K. Hunt. "OP66 Opinions and experiences of a national smokefree prison policy: evidence from the tobacco in prisons study." In Society for Social Medicine and Population Health Annual Scientific Meeting 2020, Hosted online by the Society for Social Medicine & Population Health and University of Cambridge Public Health, 9–11 September 2020. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-ssmabstracts.65.

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Utami, Noviani, Nuryani Y. Rustaman, and Bambang Supriatno. "Life Skills and Entrepreneurship of Juvenile in Prisons." In Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Psychology and Pedagogy - "Diversity in Education" (ICEPP 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200130.111.

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Verbaan, Sanne, Clair Aldington, Roisin McNaney, and Jayne Wallace. "Potentials of HCI for Prisons and Incarcerated Individuals." In CHI '18: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3185367.

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Serra Castilhos, Daniela, and Marco Ribeiro Henriques. "FEMALE PRISONER AND PRISONS FOR WOMEN. A FEMINIST LEGAL CRITICAL VIEW ACCORDING TO AN EMPIRICAL-LEGAL DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE RIGHT TO FORMAL EDUCATION IN PRISON." In 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. IATED, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2019.0103.

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Reports on the topic "Of Prisons"

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Ghosh, Arijeet, Madhurima Dhanuka, Sai Bourothu, Fernando Lannes Fernandes, Niyati Singh, and Chenthil Kumar. Lost Identity: Transgender Persons Inside Indian Prisons. Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001185.

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This report sheds light on challenges faced by Transgender persons in Indian prisons. The report analyses the international and legal frameworks in the country which provide the foundation for policy formulations with regard to confinement of LGBT+ persons, with particular reference to the Transgender community. This report also documents the responses received to right to information requests filed to prison headquarters across the country, which in addition to providing the number of Transgender prisoners in Indian prisons between 1st May 2018 to 30th April 2019, also provides relevant information on compliance within prisons with existing legal frameworks relevant to protecting the rights of Transgender persons in prisons, especially in terms of recognition of a third gender, allocation of wards, search procedures, efforts towards capacity building of prison administrators etc. The finalisation of this report has involved an intense consultative process with individuals and experts, including representatives from the community, community-based organisations as well as researcher and academicians working on this issue. This report aims to enhance the understanding of these issues among stakeholders such as prison administrators, judicial officers, lawyers, legal service providers as well as other non-state actors. It is aimed at better informed policy making, and ensuring that decisions made with respect to LGBTI+ persons in prisons recognize and are sensitive of their rights and special needs.
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Dippel, Christian, and Michael Poyker. Do Private Prisons Affect Criminal Sentencing? Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w25715.

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Moehling, Carolyn, and Anne Morrison Piehl. Immigrant Assimilation into U.S. Prisons, 1900-1930. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w19083.

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Fernandes, Fernando, Becky Kaufmann, Karen Kaufmann, Claire Ferrier, and Emma Craig. LGBT+ People in Prisons: Experiences in England and Scotland. University of Dundee, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001165.

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Hart, Oliver, Andrei Shleifer, and Robert Vishny. The Proper Scope of Government: Theory and an Application to Prisons. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, September 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w5744.

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Fernandes, Fernando, Becky Kaufmann, Karen Kaufmann, Claire Ferrier, and Emma Craig. LGBT+ People in Prisons: Experiences in England and Scotland (Summary Report). University of Dundee, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001166.

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Mitchell, Judy L. Smoking Cessation Classes and Their Effectiveness in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, April 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ad1012159.

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Gaillard, JC, Etienne Marie Casing-Baring, Dewy Sacayan, Marjorie Balay-as, and Michelle Santos. Reducing and managing the risk of disaster in Philippine jails and prisons. Emerald, July 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.1114896.1.

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Weber, Stephen F., and Laura I. Schultz. ALARM 2.0 user manual, minimizing compliance costs of the life safety code for prisons. Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/nist.ir.6807.

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Johnston, Angelina, and George Baffoe. Nassriya Prison Expansion Nassriya, Iraq. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, April 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada528680.

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