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Vourkoutiotis, Vasilis. "The German Armed Forces Supreme Command and British and American prisoners-of-war, 1939-1945 : policy and practice." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ64687.pdf.
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Siaca, Frank. "An examination of the effect of substance abuse on prison populations and related policy issues of the California Department of Corrections." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1996. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1152.
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Martynowicz, Agnieszka. ""[...] they didn't ask us to come here, did they?" : foreign national prisoners in Northern Ireland : a case study of Polish prisoners." Thesis, Ulster University, 2017. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.714498.
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This thesis presents the findings of a study undertaken with Polish male prisoners in Maghaberry and Magilligan prisons in Northern Ireland. In a jurisdiction emerging from years of armed conflict, the prison system is currently undergoing changes which attempt to deal with the structural problems stemming from that conflict's legacy. Alongside that reform, another transition is evident: that of a rapidly increasing national and linguistic diversity of the prison population. It was therefore important to study how this change impacts on the prisons in Northern Ireland where as recently as 2011 their practice in relation to the treatment of national and ethnic minorities was assessed as being "culturally blind” (PRT, 2011b: 39]. Using data obtained in a series of semi-structured interviews with eighteen prisoners, a number of semi-structured interviews with staff and representatives of independent prison monitoring bodies, this thesis examines how Polish prisoners negotiate daily life in prison custody in Northern Ireland. Analysing the ways in which they experience deprivations of prison life, the thesis is also concerned with the prisoners’ methods of adaptation to prison regimes in an environment which they often struggle to understand. Looking at the ways in which they forge relationships with other prisoners and staff, the thesis concludes that many of the male Polish prisoners in Northern Ireland live in a prison within a prison, with a high wall of communication barriers around them, suspended between their entry into custody and the ever-looming moment of deportation. The prison system, largely unprepared to deal with more nationally and linguistically diverse populations, facilitates their existence in 'mono- cultural boxes’ in the meantime.
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Leme, José Antonio Gonçalves. "Educação nas prisões do Estado de São Paulo: esforços históricos e os limites institucionais." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21495.
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This research investigates the educational practices developed in the prison units of the State of São Paulo and aims to discuss the institutional limits that interfere in the supply and quality of education in prisons. After the regulation of the National Guidelines for the Provision of Education in the Establishments of Criminal through Resolution no. 3, of march 11, 2009, the State of São Paulo, to conform to the new legislation, created the Education Program in Prisons, through Decree no. 57.238, 17 august 2011, which restructured the offer of education in Prisons. From this new reality, the educational activities in the interior of the prison units have gone through many changes, mainly with the inclusion of the State Department of Education as the main responsible for the organizing of the supply of Formal Education. By tracking the transformations that have occurred, the official data released, and the changes made little influenced in the educational actions on the interior of the prisons. Education in prisons must respect the principles and assumptions of Education for Young people and Adults and that, in addition to access, as a right, the quality of the actions should also be evaluated. The Investigation sought to verify, through data collection, information to explain the low rates of service, such as information that will contribute to an assessment of the actions that are being developed. Therefore, in addition to the analysis of the quantitative data available, the investigative process and provided the direct observation of activities such as conducting interviews with educators and students. The collected data show the institutional limits that interfere directly in the provision of education in prisons, providing elements that you can think of on the reorganization of public policies that have as a goal the inclusion and permanence of men and women in a situation of deprivation of liberty in Educational activities in the Prison
Esta pesquisa investiga as práticas educacionais desenvolvidas nas unidades prisionais do Estado de São Paulo e pretende discutir os limites institucionais que interferem na oferta e na qualidade da educação nas prisões. Após a regulamentação das Diretrizes Nacionais para a Oferta de Educação nos Estabelecimentos Penais através da Resolução nº 3, de 11 de março de 2009, o Estado de São Paulo, para se adequar à nova legislação, criou o Programa de Educação nas Prisões, através do Decreto nº 57.238, de 17 de agosto de 2011, que reestruturou a oferta educacional nos Estabelecimentos Prisionais. A partir dessa nova realidade, as atividades educacionais no interior das unidades prisionais passaram por inúmeras transformações, tendo principalmente, a inclusão da Secretaria de Estado de Educação como principal responsável para a organização da oferta de Educação Formal. Ao acompanhar as transformações ocorridas, os dados oficiais divulgados, as mudanças pouco influenciaram nas ações educacionais no interior das prisões. A educação nas prisões deve respeitar os princípios e pressupostos de uma Educação de Jovens e Adultos e que, além do acesso, enquanto direito, a qualidade das ações também deve ser avaliada. A Investigação procurou verificar, através da coleta de dados, informações que expliquem os baixos índices de atendimento como informações que contribuam para uma avaliação das ações que estão sendo desenvolvidas. Para isso, além da análise dos dados quantitativos disponíveis, o processo investigativo proporcionou a observação direta das atividades como a realização de entrevistas com educadores e alunos. Os dados coletados mostram os limites institucionais que interferem diretamente na oferta de educação nas prisões, oferecendo elementos que se possa pensar na reorganização das políticas públicas que tenham como meta a inclusão e permanência de homens e mulheres em situação de privação de liberdade em Ações Educativas no Cárcere
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Davis, G. Michael. "Exploring the Effects of Ex-Prisoner Reentry on Structural Factors in Disorganized Communities: Implications for Leadership Practice." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1415706403.
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Bowler, Nicholas. "Prisoners' mental state : a psychosocial perspective : a multi-method study focusing upon prisoner vulnerability, socialization and identity, highlighting implications for policy, research and practice." Thesis, Swansea University, 2010. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43076.
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Many prisoners share socially excluded backgrounds and experience poor mental health in prison. The sometimes fatal experience of prison increases the risk of self-harm and continuing exclusion and mental health problems for many. Furthermore, constructive prison outcomes are unlikely without good mental health. Despite this background, few prison research studies have attempted to capture the dynamic effect upon the individual of both pre-prison and prison experience. This thesis, therefore, aims to identify correlates of prisoners' mental state within both an epidemiological and qualitative-psychosocial perspective. The literature, health and social background data (n = 409), and GHQ-12 mental state data within a case-control study (n = 861), show that prisoners experience a nexus of interconnected problems. Consistent with the literature, being on remand and being in prison for the first time were associated with poor mental state. Remorse and variables related to personality type, specific offence and regime characteristics also had significant associations with poor mental state. Conversely, a beneficial association was found from having had a previous sentence, and also from two counter-intuitive and previously unreported 'typical' social exclusion-related prisoner characteristics, viz. being unemployed prior to prison and having a 'history of drug use'. Professionals (n = 60), however, use alternative constructs for interpreting the mental state of prisoners, and as a consequence, 'atypical' and remorseful prisoners may possess hidden morbidity and need. From these findings and a narrative of the 'lived' prison experience, entry-into, or exclusion-from a socialised prison identity is proposed as a critical mediating factor for prisoners' mental state. This 'adaptation' hypothesis suggests that for many prisoners, prison may paradoxically create, maintain and reinforce an 'invulnerable' shared identity. This identity is based upon offending and common preprison social experience, and adaptive prison socialisation and solidarity is predicated upon it. These identity socialisation factors appear to be protective of mental state. However the institutionally specific qualities of this shared 'prisonized' identity will work against preparation for life outside prison, given that successful integration within society requires different identity attributes. The prison identity dynamic may be further reinforced upon release by public opinion (n = 306), which is intolerant of prisoners, presents an obstacle to their reintegration into society, and potentially strengthens offending identities and behaviours. Whilst prisons are now mandated to address prisoners' needs, their institutional constraints may ultimately make them both pathogenic for those excluded from the shared prison identity, and unfit for the purpose of rehabilitation for those included within it.
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Richert, William Henry. "Parolee and police officer perceptions of prison gang etiology, power, and control." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3008.
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Examines the attitudes and perceptions among parolees, and police officers on why inmates join prison gangs, how powerful they are, and their power and control in prison. Data was gathered from 250 surveys distributed to a group of parolees at an undisclosed southern California municipal police department jail, and 250 surveys distributed to police managers attending the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Results of this study validated the hypothesis that there is a significant difference in attitudes and perceptions of parolees and police officers of why inmates join prison gangs and the power and control gang inmates have in prison.
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Miles, Joseph M. "Public Policy and Private Prisons: A probe into legislation that populates private prisons with immigrants." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1420732865.
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El-Jamal, Basim. "Palestinian political prisoners and Israeli imprisonment policy." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.403079.
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Bolton, Angela. "'Last resort?' : women prisoners, community and penal policy; a community prison system for women: exploring the issues." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314337.
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Allard, Frank Dennis. "Police probationer training : policy and practice an historical review." Thesis, University of Hull, 1997. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5383.
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The apparent lack of any previous work focusing on Police Probationer Training was the impetus behind this research. This very important area of police training is undergone by all officers and their probationary period lasts two years. Numerous reviews and amendments have taken place over the years but do not seem to have been documented in any structured way. The aim of this research was to discover how this training evolved, the reasons for change, and the way it has been implemented. Finally the present day system was examined in detail, compared with the experience of older officers and other systems. Method Obtaining the information has proved a task of detective work, examining numerous minutes, reports and documents produced within and without the police service. Field work was carried out throughout Lincolnshire Police and by visits to Ryton Police Training Centre and the central Planning Unit at Harrogate (now renamed as Training Support, Harrogate). Questionnaires were circulated to officers undergoing the training, officers who attended earlier courses and the trainers themselves. These were followed up by selected interviews. Training delivery was witnessed at Ryton Police Training Centre and within the Lincolnshire Force. Conclusions The results of this research indicate that the training given to initial recruits within the police service is as good as it has ever been. It is, however, cost led and, although the two year probationary period is somewhat euphemistically referred to as a training period, it is much more beside as, once the foundation course of 31 weeks is completed, probationers become a resource deployed in much the same way as their experienced colleagues. The post foundation phase of training is delivered in force with little or no central control and consequently the standard of training is not consistent. The thesis traces the development but, owing to lack of access to, or simply nonexistence, of some documents it cannot be claimed to be absolutely complete.
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Kauffman, Ross M. "Smoking and Tobacco in Ohio Prisons." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243363292.
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Jayes, L. R. "Smoking and smoke-free policy in prisons in England." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46479/.
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Background Awareness of the harmful effects of second-hand smoke (SHS) has led governments in the United Kingdom (UK) and many other countries to introduce smoke-free legislation in almost all enclosed work and public places. Her Majesty’s (HM) Prison Service, which currently holds over 85,000 offenders among whom the prevalence of smoking is high, was granted one of few exemptions from the 2007 smoke-free legislation in England, which allowed prisoners to smoke in their cells. This continued smoking impacts not only on the health of the individual smoker but also, through SHS exposure, on other smokers and non-smokers who live or work in the prison. However there is limited research evidence on levels of SHS in prison; how the current Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 09/2007 relating to smoking restrictions in prisons in England operates in practice and protects staff members and prisoners from SHS; or how feasible, acceptable or successful the extension of smoke-free policies to all areas of the prison are likely to be in preventing further exposure. Methods This thesis employs both quantitative and qualitative methods in a pragmatic mixed-methods design to investigate smoking and smoke-free policy in prisons in England. Initially, the concentrations of airborne particulate matter < 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5) were measured, as a proxy measure for SHS, in four English prisons. Samples were taken on wing landings and in smoking and non-smoking cells; and by ambient monitoring as a measure of personal exposure of staff working in these settings. Staff members who participated in this air quality monitoring study were then followed up to complete a one-to-one semi-structured qualitative interview exploring their views on smoking in prison and exposure to SHS, considering how the current PSI worked in practice, and the potential move to a smoke-free prison estate. A proposal to pilot test smoke-free policy in four prisons in England was announced shortly after, and in large part as a result of the findings of these first studies. A mixed methods evaluation of the new smoke-free policy was then conducted at all four sites, involving prisoner and staff questionnaires and focus groups, and air quality monitoring (sampling concentration of PM2.5 on wing landings) three months before and three months after the policy implementation date. Questionnaires and focus groups pre-policy were used to establish current smoking prevalence, investigate smoking practices and identify perceived problems and concerns regarding the move towards a smoke-free policy. Post-policy these methods were used to explore the impact of the smoke-free policy, views on its implementation alongside consideration of how it could be improved in the future. Concentrations of PM2.5 were used to determine whether going smoke-free reduced levels of SHS exposure. Results Initial air quality monitoring measured PM2.5 concentrations from 48 static locations and personal monitoring of 22 staff members. Arithmetic mean PM2.5 concentrations were significantly higher on landings where smoking was permitted in cells compared to completely non-smoking wings. Concentrations of PM2.5 on landings where smoking was permitted in cells often exceeding the World Health Organisation (WHO) upper air quality guidance limit for a 24 hour period. During personal monitoring of staff members, some of the highest concentrations of PM2.5 were recorded during duties such as locking or unlocking cells, handing out mail and cell searching. Qualitative interviews with prison officers who took part in air quality monitoring reinforced these air quality monitoring findings, confirming the times of the day and duties undertaken where they felt most at risk from SHS. Prison officers outlined how the current PSI was often unworkable day-to-day, conceding that prisoners would often ignore the smoking restrictions in place. In the evaluation of the first four pilot sites to go smoke-free in England, findings prior to the implementation reported 65% smoking prevalence amongst prisoners, and highlighted widespread concerns among staff members and prisoners that going smoke-free would lead to an increase in disorder, self-harm, drug use and trading of tobacco. After the introduction of the policy, prisoners reported an increase in disorder and drug use, but staff reports suggested that concerns were predominantly unfounded. Post-policy, 60% of smoking prisoners reported using some form of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) in an attempt to cut down or quit in advance of policy implementation, but many reported difficulty accessing cessation support, and found the electronic cigarettes purchased as a substitute for smoking unsatisfactory. Support for the future introduction of the smoke-free policy throughout the rest of the English prison estate was much higher among staff members (70%) than prisoners (23%). Only a quarter of former smoking prisoners stated that they would remain smoke-free once released or transferred to a smoking establishment. Prisoners and staff reported positive outcomes from the smoke-free policy, both reporting a cleaner and healthier environment to life and work. There was a 69% median and a 66% mean reduction in PM2.5 concentrations three months after smoke-free policy was introduced, compared to the same samples taken three months pre-policy, and these reductions were highly statistically significant in all four prisons (p < 0.001). Unintended consequences of the smoke-free policy included smoking alternative substances (such as the contents of NRT patches, tea leaves and lawn grass), the creation of a tobacco black market and related bullying and debt, and the smuggling of tobacco. Conclusions Smoking in prisons in England is a source of high SHS exposure for both staff and prisoners, and the current PSI allowing prisoners to smoke in their cells does not protect other prisoners or staff from SHS exposure. Introducing a comprehensive smoke-free policy in four prisons in England proved successful, achieving marked reductions in tobacco use, improved indoor air quality, and healthier living and working conditions. There are however lessons for wider implementation, particularly in relation to setting clear timelines, ensuring that prisoners can access cessation services in advance of policy implementation, consideration of electronic cigarette available, and other unintended factors. Where possible, these factors need to be addressed to safeguard the future successful implementation throughout the rest of the English prison estate.
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Byrne, Karen Lynn. "Danville's Civil War prisons, 1863-1865." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02092007-102016/.
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Heitmann, Erin E. "Finding pseudo families in women's prisons fact and fantasy /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4940.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on October 26, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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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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Clarke, Gillian S. "German prisoners of war in Britain, 1940-1948 : policy and performance." Thesis, Swansea University, 2006. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa42278.
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Towards the end of the Second World War the British government embarked on an ambitious policy involving the large-scale employment of German prisoners of war in various sectors of the British economy, particularly in agriculture. By the autumn of 1946 it had succeeded in shipping more than 400,000 of these men to Britain from the Continent and America specifically for this purpose. Contrary to the requirement of the 1929 Geneva Convention, which stated that POWs should be repatriated 'as soon as possible after the conclusion of peace', thousands of these prisoners remained in this country as a supplementary labour force until 1948. Consequently, Britain's actions in this respect raise a number of important questions, which the present thesis seeks to address. Through an examination of a variety of primary source material, including official documents of the British and Canadian governments, parliamentary debates, commentary by contemporary informed observers, as well as a body of valuable secondary literature, it explains why officials believed that such a radical policy was necessary, the many practical difficulties that had to be overcome to bring it to fruition, and how, considering her international treaty obligations, Britain was able to justify legally the retention of POWs for three years after the war's end. Among the conclusions drawn is that Britain's POW policy was born of a selfish desire to alleviate a complex mixture of psychological, economic and political pressures, which came to bear on the country as a result of the war and its aftermath. Since the needs of the prisoners themselves were rarely taken into account, or what they, and others, felt to be their right to return to their homeland at the end of the war, the episode shows how British government officials were prepared to compromise Britain's moral standing in the wake of a global conflict which had, above all, been fought and won by the Allied powers on moral and ethical grounds.
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Wachsmann, Nikolaus Daniel. "Reform and repression : prisons and penal policy in Germany, 1918-1939." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.539235.
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Veaudor, Manon. "Les « frontières » de l’ordre carcéral : Affectation, négociation des identités et surveillance en maison d’arrêt." Thesis, université Paris-Saclay, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020UPASU001.
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Résumé : Cette thèse porte sur les pratiques d’affectation des détenus à l’intérieur des maisons d’arrêt. À partir d’une enquête ethnographique dans deux établissements pour hommes, elle interroge les modalités de production de l’ordre à l’appui de l’observation des pratiques des surveillant•es pénitentiaires, à travers les manières de classer, de catégoriser, d’affecter et de surveiller les détenus. L’analyse met également en regard les pratiques observées avec les points de vue des détenus. En combinant l’étude des modes d’identification de ces derniers avec celles des modes d’organisation des secteurs de détention, elle montre que la gestion de l’espace façonne également les « carrières » individuelles au sein de l’institution.Elle analyse pour cela les modalités de gestion de l’ordre carcéral en lien avec l’environnement extérieur, et notamment les territoires d’origine des détenus. Dans cette perspective, trois entrées sont privilégiées : l’une porte sur l’étude du quartier arrivants, l’autre sur les pratiques d’affectation telle que mises en place et perçues ; la troisième, enfin, s’intéresse à l’implantation du renseignement pénitentiaire. Ces points d’entrée permettent de saisir la façon dont les pratiques et les catégories pénitentiaires sélectionnent des informations sur l’environnement extérieur mais également sur les parcours antérieurs des détenus. On interrogera donc sous cet angle la reconfiguration des pratiques de surveillance à l’aune des réformes contemporaines de l’enfermement pénal. Le matériau mobilisé est issu d’une enquête de neuf mois dans deux maisons d’arrêt de régions différentes. Il combine l’observation des pratiques professionnelles en détention et au sein des commissions pluridisciplinaires d’affectation. Il se compose également d’entretiens semi-directifs menés auprès de détenus, de personnels de surveillance et de directionAbstract: This thesis deals with the practices of assigning detainees inside short-term prisons. Our findings are based on an ethnographic survey in men’s prisons. We examine the ways in which order is produced through observing prison warders’ practices – ways in which prisoners are classified, categorized, assigned and monitored. The analysis takes also into account the observed practices from the inmates’ perspective. By combining the study of the modes of identifying inmates with how the detention sectors are organized, this study wants to show that space management also shapes individual “careers” within the institution.To this end, it analyses the ways in which the prison order is produced in relation to its external environment, and in particular the prisoners’ territories of origin. Three approaches are put to the test: one focuses on the study of the arrivals’ quarters; another one revolves around the assignment practices as they are implemented and perceived; the third one eventually looks at the implementation of prison intelligence. These entry points make it possible to grasp the way in which prison practices and categories filter, i.e. select, information on the external environment of the institution but also on the trajectory of prisoners. The reconfiguration of surveillance practices in the light of contemporary reforms of penal confinement will therefore be examined from this perspective. The material used in this study is the result of a nine-month ethnographic survey in two short-term prisons in different French regions. It combines the observation of professional practices in detention and the role of professionals in assignment commissions. It is also based on semi-directive interviews conducted with detainees, supervisory and management staff
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Sim, Joe. "Ordering for care and caring for order : medical power in English prisons." Thesis, n.p, 1989. http://oro.open.ac.uk/18914.
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Maddow, Rachel. "HIV/AIDS and health care reform in British and American prisons." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.369619.
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Haslam, Jason W. (Jason William) 1971. "Writing from the pen : a study of selected works from American prisons." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23842.
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This essay closely studies several works written by American male writers--either while the author was in an American prison, or shortly after he was released. The first works studied, from the nineteenth century, introduce the themes and questions for the later discussion of the other works, all of which are taken from the twentieth century. A central focus of the essay is on the process by which all of the authors studied attempt a textual reversal of the positions of reader and author. In each of the works, the reader, generally seen as a member of 'outside' society, is portrayed as a representative of the imprisoning society. Thus, the textual confrontation is between a prisoner/author and a warden/reader; and the subsequent reversal that takes place through the medium of the text places the reader in the position of being a prisoner, with the author becoming the prison-authority, or warden. This reversal is used by the authors examined as means or attempt at freeing themselves from both the defining and imprisoning texts of society, as well as from the actual prison where the author finds himself. The writing of the prison-text, therefore, is a verbal act intimately associated with the gaining of various forms of at least visionary freedom.
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Cate, Sarah Diane 1986. "Untangling Prison Expansion in Oregon: Political Narratives and Policy Outcomes." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10623.
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xii, 101 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.This thesis examines the significant expansion of prisons in Oregon in the last fifteen years. In order to explain the evolution of Oregon's prison growth, the thesis analyzes the ways discourses and representations of crime have justified and explained voter approval for punitive policies in Oregon. Drawing from multi-disciplinary literature that documents the central role played by issue framing and discourse construction in political conflicts, I use the case of the 1994 campaign in which key crime initiatives were passed by Oregon voters. The thesis argues that policy decisions and election outcomes are closely related to long-standing perceptions of"insiders" and "outsiders" as a way to view societal problems. Utilizing an extensive media analysis, this thesis considers how political narratives have influenced the passage of ballot measures committed to a punitive direction in crime policy.
Committee in Charge: Professor Daniel HoSang, Chair; Professor Daniel Tichenor; Professor Joseph Lowndes
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Yates, Mark Timothy. "Congressional Debates Over Prisoner Education: A Critical Discourse Analysis." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/eps_diss/39.
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The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country. The causes for the large number of prisoners can be traced, in part, to a politicized war on crime that resulted in harsh sentencing and high recidivism rates. Prisoner education provides the potential for slowing the revolving door of prison by helping to create engaged citizens, who are committed to bettering themselves and their communities. However, there is a paucity of support for programs such as Pell Grants, which could facilitate emancipatory education in prisons. The purpose of this work is to examine why prisoners are provided few meaningful educational opportunities while incarcerated. This study seeks to understand the genealogy of prisoner education policy through an examination of the debate surrounding the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill and its prohibition of Pell Grants for prisoners, as well as the 2008 Second Chance Act and its reentry programs. The study analyzes the ideological underpinnings of key decision makers and how their values are often embedded in the narratives of neoliberalism. In addition, the work examines elite stakeholders’ discursive attempts, both manifest and subtle, to influence and maintain social policy through the creation of legitimizing myths, including the viewpoints that prisoners are hopelessly flawed or that they have potential only as human capital. Counter-hegemonic discourse is also described. The study methods are critical discourse analysis which looks at the ways text and talk maintain inequities in society and critical policy analysis. Utilizing transcripts from legislative debates, the study analyzes the discourses of members of Congress to expose the tropes that often lie beneath the surface of the debate over prisoner education. Their rhetoric appears to generate and maintain widespread support for legislation that is frequently deleterious to marginalized out-groups. The study should add to the literature examining the role of legitimizing myths that maintain inequities in educational access.
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Dreher, Judith A. "Victim's rights compliance efforts a review of the federal bureau of prisons /." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 2000. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Thesis (M.P.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2000.Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2939. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis title page as 2 preliminary leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-92).
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Briney, Carol E. "My Journey with Prisoners: Perceptions, Observations and Opinions." Kent State University Liberal Studies Essays / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1373151648.
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Baucom, Tracy R. "Evaluation of the day treatment program at Brown Creek Correctional Institution : a follow-up study /." Electronic version (PDF), 2004. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2004/baucomt/tracybaucom.html.
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Brown, Alyson. "Discipline and disorder in English prisons : aspects of policy and resistance 1840-1920." Thesis, University of Hull, 1998. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:8278.
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This thesis is an historical examination of English prisons from 1840 to 1920 which approaches the complexity of this institution from the perspective of the disturbances which occurred within it. The primary aim is not to analyse the form and extent of prison disturbances during this period, although this will be considered, but rather to concentrate upon the origins, causes and effects of these disturbances. English prison disturbances are examined on several inter-linking levels with regard to the structure, policy and relationships within the prison and the ways in which these interacted and produced disorder. Analysis of the separate categories of prisoners with regard to gender, age, physical or mental disability will be limited as this thesis is concerned with the prisoner largely in terms of position and status. The reason for examining the prison from the perspective of its internal disturbances is that they often revealed a great deal about the policies, problems and coercive nature of the institution. Indeed it has been asserted that power "unexercised is seldom as visible as power which is challenged."! Prison discipline was such an important environmental determinant that much of this thesis also entails consideration of its functions and influence. It is clear that the problem of maintaining discipline and order on a daily basis in prison was never far removed from the problem of disorder.' The majority of offences were minor infringements of the prison rules and regulations but these were often committed in large numbers. In the second half of the nineteenth century the number of prison offences committed annually in each of the large public works prisons in England often amounted to over two thousand. For example, between the years 1865 and 1875 the annual total of prison offences committed in Portland Convict Prison fell below two thousand in only one year and was over four thousand in four years. The daily average number of convicts in Portland Prison during this period remained fairly stable and was usually between 1550 and 1575. The task of detecting, processing and adjudicating on these offences was a major administrative undertaking. The large number of minor offences that were punished in English prisons during this period must also be understood in the context of a large degree of discretion which operated within the prison system. For instance, individual prisons varied with regard to the effectiveness of the supervision and the priority placed upon punishment in the operation of discipline by the prison administrators. These were important factors in determining the detection, punishment and recording of prison offences. This thesis considers, therefore, the broad range of prison disturbances because of the significance that could be attached to even the smallest actions and the problems these posed for prison management. One important factor to note, however, is that in many cases the most detailed, extensive and valuable evidence available concerns the larger-scale, combined disturbances which more directly and seriously threatened the discipline and order of the prisons. These were also the forms of prison disturbance which were the most vigorously put down. Where the evidence has been particularly useful in examining the origins and causes of prison disorder the large disturbances have been concentrated upon. Hence chapter three examines the causes and consequences of a major riot in Chatham Convict Prisons in 1861 in which over 800 convicts became involved. The fundamental themes of this thesis constitute an analysis of the facets of the prison which caused disorder not only during the historical point at which they are examined here but into the late twentieth century. The extreme monotony of prison regimes, legitimacy problems and the unpredictability of inmate subcultures are all elements which still affect the stability of English prisons. A tendency of prison authorities to rely on deterrence in the face of internal problems or public criticism and an in built structural resistance to change in an institution that often composes the last resort in dealing with social problems also remains. The activities of political interest groups which break the law have been among the most contentious of the social problems which have been reflected in the prison.
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Lucko, Paul Michael. "Prison farms, walls, and society : punishment and politics in Texas, 1848-1910 /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Springer, Paul Joseph. "American prisoner of war policy and practice from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/3727.
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American prisoner of war (POW) policy consists of repeated improvisational efforts during wartime followed by few efforts to incorporate lessons learned. As such, in every war, the United States has improvised its system of POW maintenance and utilization. At no time prior to World War II was the United States military prepared to capture and maintain the prisoners taken in any American conflict. The United States has depended upon reciprocal treatment of enemy prisoners and threatened retaliation for mistreatment of American captives in every war. It has also adhered to accepted customs and international law regarding prisoners, providing housing, food, and medical care to POWs at least the equal of that given to American prisoners. However, the U.S. military has often sought the most expedient methods of maintaining prisoners, a practice that has led to accusations of neglect. In the nineteenth century, American wars were typically fought upon the North American continent and were limited in scope, which facilitated the maintenance of enemy prisoners and eased the improvisation of policy and practice. In the twentieth century, the United States participated in conflicts in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, complicating POW issues. World War II and subsequent conflicts show a radical departure from earlier wars, as the army planned for the capture of enemy troops and was better prepared to maintain them. However, the War on Terror represents a return to improvisation, as a lack of planning and a failure to follow established policies contributed to allegations of mistreatment in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay.
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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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Lazarus, Liora. "Prisoners' rights in Germany and England : a comparative examination." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:44104e48-0c7e-4fbc-bb77-87dbe37a3e88.
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This thesis is a comparative examination of prisoners' rights in England and Germany. The thesis has three dimensions: first, it is a description of the legal status of the prisoner in Germany and England; second, it is an examination of the social, political and cultural dynamics which have shaped prisoners' rights in each jurisdiction; and third, it is in itself an exercise which seeks to address the problems of comparative law which are identified in the introduction. England and Germany have been chosen as comparators as their respective approaches to prisoners' rights present illuminating contrasts. In England, despite significant judicial activity in the development of a prisoners' rights jurisprudence, prisoners' rights protection remains partial and equivocal. Many aspects of prison life are left within the realm of executive discretion, and the present Government, much like its predecessors, is unlikely to entrench a bill of prisoners' rights. Proponents of prison reform in England argue that the system of prisoners' rights protection is inadequate, not only in terms of the rights which prisoners can claim, but in terms of the possibilities of enforcement and the independence of enforcement bodies. This equivocal commitment to rights in England is heightened when juxtaposed against Germany's highly articulated rights culture and ambitious system of prisoners' rights protection under the Prison Act 1976. The German Prison Act, which is underpinned by a considerable constitutional jurisprudence on prisoners' rights, sets out foundational principles of prison administration, affords prisoners positive rights, defines the limitations of prisoners' constitutional rights and provides prisoners recourse to a Prison Court. Moreover, the rights and principles under the German Prison Act have been developed and refined in a substantial body of prison law jurisprudence over the last thirty years. Chapters one to three of the thesis make available to an English audience an in-depth account of the conception and protection of prisoners' rights in Germany and the broader context in which this has taken place. Chapters four and five of the thesis examine the method and manner of conceiving of the prisoner's legal status in England in the light of the German conception and explore the deeper political and cultural reasons for the divergence between England and Germany.
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Al, Zamil Khalid M. Z. "The legal status of prisoners of war in Islamic law : assessment of its compatibility with the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the treatment of prisoners of war." Thesis, University of Hull, 2002. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3568.
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Military confrontations in many parts of the world raise concerns regarding the treatment of prisoners of war. Whilst the regime of prisoners of war under international law is clearly codified in the 1949 Geneva Convention relating to the treatment of prisoners of war, questions arise, particularly from western thinkers, regarding their treatment under Islamic law. This thesis attempts to fill this gap in the literature. The legal status of prisoners of war as presented in the Quran and Sunna and interpreted by prominent Islamic scholars is analysed and compared with the Geneva Convention provision is examined.The discussion begins in Chapter One with an examination of the context in which the issue of prisoner of war status arises. The concept and legitimacy of war are discussed and the rules of war, as well as relations between Islamic and non-Islamic States areexamined. In Chapter Two, the definition of the term 'prisoners of war' in each legal system is examined, and the classes of people excluded from the definition areconsidered. Chapter Three investigates the legal status of prisoners of war from the moment of capture, with reference to the coercion of prisoners of war to reveal military secrets protection inside the camps, the labour and financial status of prisoners of war,and the right to food and clothing, to communication with the outside world, to medical attention and to freedom of religious practice. There follows in Chapter Four a discussion of the ways in which capture may be terminated.The thesis shows that Islam provides for the just and humane treatment of prisoners of war and its rules are in general consistent with the provisions of international law. There are, however, some differences, such as the Islamic provision on enslavement attributable to differences in historical context. Such discrepancies however, have either been removed by changing custom, or can be resolved by analogy and by application of the general rules of just and humane treatment. There is, therefore, no reason why an Islamic country should not conform with the generally accepted principles of international law on the treatment of prisoners of war.
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Völker, Faye Tameryn. "Psychological therapy in prisons : professionals' perceptions." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621869.
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Whitfield, Joseph Michael. "Punitive cultures of Latin America : power, resistance, and the state in representations of the prison." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708874.
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Janssen, Volker. "Convict labor, civic welfare rehabilitation in California's prisons, 1941-1971 /." Diss., Connected to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3179290.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2005.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed March 1, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 540-570).
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Swan, Robert Thomas. "Challenging the new penology: A case-study analysis of correctional management, interstate inmate transfers, and administrative intent." PDXScholar, 2008. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3825.
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The purpose of this study is to explore the use of interstate inmate transfers (IITs) by prison wardens and the administrative intent that guide their use. This study assesses the explanatory power of the new penology in three cases and asks three broad questions of two prison wardens and the DOC: What correctional goals do you hope to accomplish with interstate inmate transfers? Why? And what contextual factors (if any) are felt to inhibit or facilitate these goals?
IITs are controversial. Supporters of IITs argue that in addition to serving the needs of correctional managers, they may also serve to help inmates reenter society, remain physically safe while incarcerated, remain close to family and friends, and have access to appropriate correctional programming and treatment. On the other hand, critics of IITs argue that they are much more than a correctional management tool. Rather, IITs are evidence of an informally emerging "new penology" in American corrections that—due to the increasingly problematic conditions of confinement encountered by correctional managers (e.g., overcrowding)—emphasize a shift in focus away from what is good for the individual inmate to what is good for managing the correctional system as a whole.
The case data collected in this research contradict, to a large degree, new penological assumptions. The findings point to high levels of ideological and behavioral autonomy among prison wardens as well as high levels of individualized and moralistic thinking with regard to inmate management, and a general feeling that correctional management at the institutional level is only situationally (rather than perpetually) stressful. Thus, the new penological assumption that criminal justice actors lack human agency or that inmates are thought of only in actuarial terms, may be an incorrect or incomplete assumption in relation to prison wardens and the intent of IITs in these cases. This study concludes that in order to better understand and possibly predict the administrative intent of IITs, an alternative theoretical framework should be utilized—one that better captures the dynamism and variability of influence that unique situational and dispositional factors (and their interaction) may have on administrative intent.
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Vedovello, Camila de Lima. "Novas formas de encarceramento? : os jovens e o centro de ressocialização /." Marília : [s.n.], 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/89575.
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Orientador: Ethel Volfzon KominskyBanca: Sérgio Fonseca
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Resumo: A prisão enquanto principal forma de punição aparece nas sociedades num período recente. Ela surge como a forma de punição por excelência a partir do século XIX com a sociedade industrial. No Brasil e no Estado de São Paulo, é com o advento da República e as idéias de progresso advindas com ela que se começa a pensar a prisão com uma maior acuidade; pois existia um forte pressuposto de que o desenvolvimento estava acoplado ao controle da criminalidade por meio da punição prisional. Nos últimos anos, o Governo do Estado de São Paulo vem implantando uma política de descentralização e de ampliação do número das unidades prisionais, acompanhando a política de mais encarceramento implementada em diversos países do ocidente. Uma das formas de descentralização ocorreu através da implantação dos chamados Centros de Ressocialização (CR), sendo que cada unidade abriga poucos detentos, com baixo grau de periculosidade. Nesse sentido, o trabalho aqui exposto aborda os jovens encarcerados em uma das unidades do CR no interior do Estado de São Paulo, onde entrevistamos doze detentos - com idades entre 18 e 21 anos -, além de funcionários da instituição. Com isso descortinamos as práticas institucionais, assim como as vivências desses detentos, relacionando essas questões ao modelo prisional no qual estão inseridos, ao controle social dos pobres conjugados com a política de mais encarceramento, para entendermos quem são esses presos e se existem diferenças desse modelo prisional frente aos presídios comuns e se o discurso da ressocialização se efetiva na prática.
Abstract: The prison as main form of punishment appears in societies in a recent period. It arises as a punishment form par excellence since the 19th century with the industrial society. In Brazil and State of Sao Paulo, is with the advent of Republic and the progress ideas that came with them that starts to think the prison with more accuracy; it was a strong thought that the development was connected to criminality control by the prison punishment. In the latest years the Sao Paulo Government have been introducing a decentralization policy and increase the number of unities, following the more imprisonment policy implemented in many occident countries. One of the forms of the decentralization happens with the introduction of the Centro de Ressocialização (CR), where each unity shelters little number of convicts with low grade of dangerous. In this direction, the work here exposed broach the convicts in one the unities of CR in State of Sao Paulo inland, where we interviewed twelve convicts - with ages between 18 and 21 years old- and workers of the institution. With this we try to argue institutional practices, and the living of these convicts, connecting this questions to the prison model that they are in, social control of the poverty, united to the more imprisonment policy to understand who these convicts are and if exist differences of the prison model to the ordinary prison and if the speech of re-socialization works in practice.
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Grant, Eli. "Network analysis for social programme evaluation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.719991.
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DuBois, Kate J. "Bidding at the prison auction house an exchange of prisoners' and university students' perceptions of crime and punishment /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10070.
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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2009.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iii, 60 p. : col. ill. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-54).
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Kaufman, Emma M. "Foreign bodies : the prison's place in a global world." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b6f8b663-eec5-43f6-a330-007e93bfbb5f.
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This thesis examines the treatment and experiences of foreign national prisoners in England and Wales. It contains two main arguments. First, I contend that dominant prison theories rely on an outmoded understanding of the nation-state, and as a result, tend to ignore the effects of globalisation. Second, I argue that current prison practices reaffirm the boundaries of the British nation-state and promote an exclusionary notion of British citizenship. I conclude that research attuned to the affective, embodied dimensions of incarceration can help criminologists to develop a more ‘global’ perspective on state power. This argument begins and builds from ethnographic research. As a whole, the thesis is based on more than 200 interviews conducted over the course of a year in and around five men’s prisons in the north, southwest, and center of England. Structurally, it proceeds from a theoretical critique of prison studies, to an ethnographic account of prison life, to a conclusion about the purpose of prison scholarship. Thematically, it focuses on the relationship between identity and imprisonment, and in particular, on the ways in which normative beliefs about race, gender, sexuality, and class get infused in incarceration practices.
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Goldingay, Sophie Jennifer Elizabeth. "Separation or mixing: issues for young women prisoners in Aotearoa New Zealand prisons." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Social Work and Human Services, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3740.
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Young women who serve time in adult prisons in New Zealand mix with adult prisoners, unless it is not considered safe to do so. If they do not mix, they serve their sentence in relative isolation, unable to participate in programs, recreation or other aspects of prison life. This is in contrast to male youth in prison who are placed in have specialised youth units to mitigate against the perceived negative effects of mixing with adult prisoners. Using discursive strategies to analyse texts from semi-structured interviews with young women in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) prisons and focus group interviews with iwi representatives, this study offers a challenge to dominant framings of both young and adult women prisoners. The study has shown that young women prisoners’ resilience is likely to be strengthened, and opportunities for health and well-being improved, within stable relationships with adults with whom they relate. Whanau-type structures in prison are in keeping with indigenous values and have the potential to provide mentoring relationships which may broaden the current limited subjectivities experienced by young women prisoners.
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Barkworth, Julie. "Prisons, procedural justice and motivational posturing: Examining prisoners' well-being and compliance behaviour." Thesis, Griffith University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/380563.
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Early penology literature identified some of the ‘pains’ of prison life prisoners are faced with (e.g., Sykes, 1958). How prisoners adapt to and cope with these pains can have detrimental effects on their general well-being and psychological distress. Prisoners are much more likely than the general population to experience stress, anxiety and depression, which increases their risk of self-harm and suicide (e.g., Cooper & Berwick, 2001). It is therefore important to find ways to improve prisoners’ well-being and reduce distress while in prison. Some prisoners may ‘act out’ by disregarding staff directives and prison rules as a way to regain and maintain some degree of personal power and control when faced with the reality of their environment. In doing so, the order required to maintain a healthy and stable prison is compromised. Staff-prisoner relationships are consistently shown to be important for maintaining order in prisons. However, order not only relies on what staff do, but on prisoners voluntarily cooperating with staff and willingly complying with prison rules and procedures. A growing body of literature demonstrates procedural justice to be effective for improving prisoners’ well-being and psychological distress, and reducing prisoner misconduct (e.g., Beijersbergen et al., 2014, 2015; Reisig & Mesko, 2009). However, little has been done to examine for whom, and under what conditions, procedural justice may be most effective. Research in other regulatory contexts (e.g., taxation, policing) has begun to examine the role of motivational postures in the relationship between procedural justice and compliance behaviours. Motivational postures measure the extent of social distancing people place between themselves and authorities (Braithwaite, 2003, 2009). The current study uses Braithwaite’s (2003) motivational posturing framework to understand whether procedural justice has different effects on cooperation and compliance behaviour for prisoners in Australia. Utilising self-report survey data from 177 male prisoners, and official prison records from 129 of those respondents, in four maximum security prisons in Queensland, Australia, this thesis addresses six research questions. Results from this research demonstrate that: 1) prisoners who view staff as procedurally just also report higher levels of general well-being and lower levels of psychological distress; 2) prisoners who view staff as procedurally just are also more likely to perceive them as legitimate, and are more willing to cooperate with staff and comply with prison rules and procedures; 3) perceived staff legitimacy (i.e., obligation to obey staff) partially mediates the relationship between procedural justice and cooperation, and fully mediates the relationship between procedural justice and compliance; 4) Braithwaite’s five motivational posturing styles are present among Australian prisoners; 5) procedural justice is positively related to deference postures (i.e., commitment) and negatively related to defiance postures (i.e., resistance, disengagement and game-playing); and finally, 6) three of the five motivational postures (i.e., commitment, resistance and disengagement) were found to have either mediating and/or moderating effects on the relationship between procedural justice and self-reported cooperation, self-reported compliance and actual compliance. This thesis provides important contributions to procedural justice and motivational posturing literature, and has important implications for developing evidence-based best-practices for prison staff to more effectively engage with and manage prisoners.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Chinnery, Laura. "Threatened lives and fragile relations : the struggle for a valuable existence in two Salvadoran prisons." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708156.
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Polonio, Jeffery Nelson. "Assessing the effectiveness of the California Department of Correction vocational education programs." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1085.
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Borrey, Anne. "Ol kalabus meri a study of female prisoners in Papua New Guinea /." Boroko, Papua New Guinea : Papua New Guinea Law Reform Commission, 1992. http://books.google.com/books?id=SpXaAAAAMAAJ.
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Danylyszyn, John William. "'Prisoners of peace' : British policy towards displaced persons and political refugees within occupied Germany 1945-1951." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394842.
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Prisoners of Peace provides an analysis of British responses to the post-war European refugee problem. The study commences by examining the British Government's agreement to the compulsory repatriation of Soviet citizens in 1945. In this way it is established at the outset that political calculations provided the fundamental determinant of British refugee policy. And this focus is offered in deliberate contrast to the cosily restricted 'humanitarian' interpretations which have characterised much prior writing on refugee problems. The present study is not concerned with everyday reality of refugee life. Instead it seeks both to interpret refugee responses by reference to the changing pattern of international relations at this time and to examine the impact which the refugee problem exerted upon wider British policy concerns. Hence, the second chapter incorporates an assessment of the continuous influx of German 'expellees' into the British zone of Germany between 1945 and 1947. These 'expellees' greatly complicated the British occupation by perpetually intensifying the strain upon decimated housing stocks and scarce supplies of food. At the same time the British were obliged to maintain substantial popUlations of Eastern European refugees who stubbornly refused to be pressured into repatriation. These groupings were segregated from the expanding German population in order to reduce the likelihood of ethnic-nationalistic friction. It was quickly discovered that British concerns in these matters could not be made compatible with those of the Soviets. Similarly, British prescriptions in regard to Jewish refugees conflicted with those advanced by the United States. This conflict is the subject of the third chapter. Chapter four describes how the Attlee Government came to perceive able-bodied refugees as a labour resource and how the United States also elected to champion this perspective during discussions which ultimately led to the creation of the International Refugee Organization in 1947-48. The final chapter examines the various political motivations which determined the character of UNHCR and also focuses upon the problems which were engendered for the emergent West German state by the residue populations of 'UN refugees' and the vast numbers of expelled 'Germans from the East' .
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Williams, Edward. "Vocational training & recidivism in Missouri state prisons : a social learning theory examination /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3052232.
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Harris, Jonathan R. M. C. P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Out of the cell : exploring the framing of prisoner reentry in Illinois corrections policy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40121.
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Thesis (M.C.P. and S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2007."June 2007."
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The significant rise in the prison population in the United States has resulted in a severe shock to the correctional system. Specifically, from 1980 to 2004, the population of offenders incarcerated in state and federal prisons has increased almost five-fold from 315,974 to 1,494,216. As a result, 650,000 prisoners are released back into society each year, placing additional stress on already distressed communities. The ability of released prisoners, or ex-offenders, to successfully reintegrate into society depends to a large degree on the programming made available to them prior to and after their release. However, the cadre of programming offered by prison systems is constrained by the frames that policymakers use to talk about the issue of prisoner reentry. Understanding the frames that people construct are the key to grasping the philosophical foundations underlying current legislation as well as to proffering new policy solutions that are relevant to all stakeholders. This thesis documents both the historical and current frames surrounding the issue of prisoner reentry in Illinois corrections policy, particularly as it relates to the city of Chicago, which takes in 20,000 ex-offenders each year from the Illinois prison system.
(cont.) The dominant policy discourse in Illinois is moving away from the crime control frame, which emphasizes punishment and incapacitation of offenders, to what I call the public safety frame, which paints rehabilitation as a mechanism for reducing crime. This re framing has allowed advocates of ex-offenders to gain support for reentry initiatives from Illinois legislators and criminal justice professionals. Yet, with the value of reentry initiatives being tied to crime reduction, advocates of rehabilitation will be under pressure to produce results in the performance-driven environment of the Illinois criminal justice system. The political tenability of rehabilitation as a policy response may very well depend on its ability to align with other frames present in the Illinois discourse.
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Perrin, C. "The untapped utility of peer-support programs in prisons and implications for theory, policy, and practice." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2017. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/32821/.
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Peer-support has existed in prisons both in the U. K. and abroad for decades, primarily in the form of discernible yet informal 'programs'or 'schemes'. Through these programs, prisoners are able to access support from fellow prisoners for issues ranging from emotional distress and addiction problems to practical and educational needs. Peer-support, as a general 'help resource', is underscored by the principles of mutual reciprocity, empathy, and shared problem solving. Although this resource has existed in prisons for decades, research focussing explicitly on those who uphold peer-support roles is virtually non-existent. This is surprising when considering the apparent benefits of peer-led helping (i.e. prisoners upholding meaningful empathetic roles) and the ever-present global obsession with identifying 'what works' in addressing the problem of crime. It is even more surprising when considering that peer-helping boasts the innate and transparent benefit of being virtually cost-free. Indeed, an intervention that has organically established itself in the prison context, remained there for decades, and has clocked up no calculable monetary cost warrants further investigation. To this end, the overarching aim of this thesis and its empirical chapters was to provide a deeper understanding of how adopting a peer-support role in prison may affect offenders’ attitudes, beliefs, emotions, and experiences of imprisonment. This was approached qualitatively and on two levels in terms of offence type (generalised and sexual), and three levels in terms of context (personal, institutional, and social). Three empirical chapters (studies) represent the core of this theses. Study 1 explored the broad construct of peer-support with those who uphold peer-helping roles in prison. It asked participants questions relating to how peer-support roles are delivered, experienced, and assimilated into a number offending contexts (i.e. at an experiential and institutional level and at a personal subjective narrative level). Given this holistic focus, this study utilised a sizable (N=22) sample comprised of mixed offence type participants who resided across three U.K. prisons. It relied on semi-structured interviews and employed thematic analysis to draw out recurrent notions that portrayed an understanding of the dynamics of peer-support in prison and its utility amongst offenders. The analysis within this study revealed that the implications of peer-helping in prison transcend far and wide the simple notion of shared problem solving. For incarcerated people, upholding a peer-support role offers a wellspring of meaningful activity that can be used to cope with prison deprivation, enhance well-being, contribute to good lives and possible selves, and energise cognitive transformations. Ultimately, this study introduced the encouraging notion that through peer-support roles, prisoners can gather forward momentum and create trajectories that are not predetermined by being doomed to deviance. Study 2 continues the enquiry into the utility of peer-support in prisons and focuses on the experiences of the role-holders themselves. This time there is an explicit focus on a smaller sample (N=15) and on sexual offenders. The justification for these decisions was based on both previous exemplary studies, and the fact that sexual offenders represent an under-researched, poorly understood, and deeply ostracised population. Sexual offenders are also required, more so than other offending populations, to go through intensive treatment programs and demonstrate reduced risk. Therefore, such offenders were considered an important population with which to explore peer-support, given that it appeared from study 1 to engender a community and restorative aspect typified by 'doing good'. The inherently personal-subjective and deeply phenomenological insights that characterised much of the dataset in study 1 featured in the decision to employ an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) in this study. Here, the 15 participants who upheld roles as 'Listeners', 'Insiders', and 'Shannon-Trust' mentors participated in semi-structured interviews. The IPA reiterated many of the findings from study 1 in terms of the experiential benefits of peer-support and the importance of meaning-making in prison. However, analysis also revealed specific benefits of peer-support for sexual offender populations, such as the chance to earn self-forgiveness and consequently move away from harmful labels such as 'monster'. There were also some important implications alluded to throughout this chapter that related to maximising sexual offender treatment gains, and these are discussed alongside rehabilitative climate and therapeutic community bodies of literature. Study 3 edged away from the phenomenological experiences of the individuals who upheld peer-support roles and asked questions about peer-support as a wider level of intervention that might be formally assimilated into the institutional context if prison. A convenience subset sample of participants from studies 1 and 2 were follow-up interviewed and their thoughts about the status and potential utility of their peer-support programs were explored. The objective here was to explore peer-support on more of a structural level, but while still relying on the insights from the experts – the peer-supporters serving time. Therefore, participants' general understandings of peer-support, rehabilitation, imprisonment, and how these constructs interact were sought. The aim here was to generate an understanding of the organisational and structural influences that govern rehabilitative work, and how these can either represent challenges or opportunities for the future of peer-support. The questions put to participants yielded responses that were thematically analysed and reduced to three superordinate themes ('through the gate implications', 'stumbling blocks', and 'implications for policy and practice'). The analysis highlights several ways in which peer-support can assist the criminal justice system in dealing with the intricate challenges that come with attempting to rehabilitate and reintegrate offenders. A set of stumbling blocks (institutional challenges) that need to be addressed in order to maximise the utility of peer-support in prisons are also identified and unpacked. These empirical findings from this research are reflected on in the final two chapters of this thesis, firstly within the scope of a literature-informed discussion, and secondly within the framework of desistance and reintegration theory. The former looks to tie any loose-ends between the literature review and the analytical chapters, and rework any early assumptions and definitions according to the research findings. Accordingly, the extant theoretical definitions of peer-support are re-examined, and some suggestions for how these can be extrapolated to incorporate the prison environment are offered. Also, many of the theoretical understandings interweaved into the analyses in this thesis are revisited, and the degree to which they synergise with peer-support in offending contexts is deliberated. One of the main discussions in this section relates to the extent to which peer-support roles might compliment desistance and whether, therefore, it may be considered to have an innate redemptive property. The final chapter proposes some potential uses for peer-support, mainly for the endeavours of operationalising and shaping theory, and contributing to practical work with offenders. This thesis closes with a discussion of its limitations and its hopes for the future. It departs with two fundamental messages: 1) a call to policy makers and scholars to acknowledge and further investigate the vast utility of peer-support in prisons; 2) a plea to society to listen to and be willing to accept the people that so often want to be a part of it.