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‘Exceptional’ Open Prisons Under Pressure: Austerity, Instability and Distrust
Pernille Søderholm Nyvoll
The British Journal of Criminology, azaf018, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azaf018
Published: 07 March 2025
... of various challenges on two Norwegian low-security prisons, Bastøy and Leira, during a particularly demanding period. Using ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews with 51 prisoners, the article applies the conceptual metaphors ‘depth’, ‘weight’, and ‘tightness’ to explore the severity of control...
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‘Power to the Convicted Class’: Re-Assessing Prisoner-Led Movements and Trade Union Organizing
Cormac Behan and Matthew Maycock
The British Journal of Criminology, azae077, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azae077
Published: 07 November 2024
... permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site—for further information please contact [email protected]. Abstract This article examines prisoner-led movements that have sought the right to representation and improvements in pay...
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The Ideal Client: Selecting Candidates for Drug Treatment in Prison
Rose Elisabeth Lunde
The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 65, Issue 2, March 2025, Pages 423–439, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azae059
Published: 19 August 2024
... implemented in many prison systems around the world, in an attempt to address high rates of harmful substance use amongst people in prison. This article analyses the criteria for acceptance to drug recovery units in Norwegian prisons, based on an ethnographic study of four high-security prisons and 22...
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Bridging Divides or Reinforcing Distance? The Interplay of Individual and Organizational Factors in Shaping Volunteers’ Relationships with Criminalized Women
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Kaitlyn Quinn
Social Problems, spae042, https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spae042
Published: 29 July 2024
.... nonprofit organizations prisoner reentry social distance penal voluntary sector criminalized women As governments around the world cut funding for social welfare programs and shift toward neoliberal, marketized alternatives, non-profits have taken on a large and growing role in the provision of services...
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Borrowed Words and Judicial Gestalt: A Dialogical Reading of Hirst, the ECtHR and Prisoner Voting Rights
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Julen Etxabe
Human Rights Law Review, Volume 24, Issue 1, March 2024, ngad044, https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngad044
Published: 29 December 2023
...Julen Etxabe The facts and history of the case are well known: Mr. Hirst was serving a discretionary life sentence for manslaughter, and as a convicted prisoner, 4 he was barred by section 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 from voting in parliamentary or local elections. He...
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Prisoner Lives Cut Short: The Need to Address Structural, Societal and Environmental Factors to Reduce Preventable Prisoner Deaths
Róisín Mulgrew
Human Rights Law Review, Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2023, ngad006, https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngad006
Published: 22 March 2023
... of Nottingham, Human Rights Law Centre) for their excellent research assistance. Thanks to participants of the Deaths in Prison Conference, Oxford University (2–3 November 2022), organized by Dr. Philippa Tomczak, for feedback on an earlier draft of this paper. A right for all persons to enjoy the ‘highest...
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Challenges in the Management of and Biologic Use in Incarcerated Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Sarah Barbina and others
Crohn's & Colitis 360, Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2023, otad002, https://doi.org/10.1093/crocol/otad002
Published: 02 February 2023
... the unique challenges associated with managing prisoners with IBD. Methods A detailed retrospective chart review of 3 incarcerated patients cared for at a tertiary referral center with an integrated patient-centered IBD medical home (PCMH) and a review of literature was performed. Results All 3...
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Welcomeness for people with substance use disorders to general practice: a qualitative study
Penelope Abbott and others
Family Practice, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2022, Pages 257–263, https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmab151
Published: 18 November 2021
...Penelope Abbott; Kelly Watt; Parker Magin; Joyce Davison; Wendy C Y Hu This study took place in 3 women-only metropolitan correctional centres, in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and in community settings. Healthcare for women in NSW prisons is delivered predominantly in state-owned correctional...
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The Transformative Power of Trust: Exploring Tertiary Desistance in Reinventive Prisons
Thomas Ugelvik
The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 62, Issue 3, May 2022, Pages 623–638, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab076
Published: 18 August 2021
... [email protected] Abstract While prisons are often described as places of pain, despair and hopelessness, studies show that some prisoners under certain conditions report positive life changes happening in prison. This paper explores the connections between trust and desistance processes, specifically...
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Optimizing the Care and Management of Older Offenders: A Scoping Review
Amanuel K Hagos and others
The Gerontologist, Volume 62, Issue 9, November 2022, Pages e508–e519, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab104
Published: 22 July 2021
...) United States × ✓ × × Wangmo et al. (2017) Multiple × ✓ × ✓ Williams et al. (2012) United States × × × ✓ Wion and Loeb (2016) Multiple ✓ × ✓ × Care provision in prison is characterized by a multitude of conflicting institutional logics between custody and health care...
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Secrecy as best policy? Stigma management and employment outcomes after release from prison
Anke Ramakers
The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 62, Issue 2, March 2022, Pages 501–518, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab068
Published: 22 July 2021
...Anke Ramakers A first unique feature of this study is the access to longitudinal data on a large group of prisoners. I examine how secretive these men planned to be in prison and whether their strategy changed in the two years following release. The longitudinal data also enable the examination...
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Locked up While Locked Down: Prisoners’ Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Olga Suhomlinova and others
The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 62, Issue 2, March 2022, Pages 279–298, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab060
Published: 25 June 2021
... a devastating impact on prisoners. The prison environment and prisoner health put prison populations at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19. As a result, prison systems have adopted mitigation strategies to reduce the transmission of the virus into and within prisons. These strategies, however, have had...
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Who Is a Political Prisoner?
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Christoph Valentin Steinert
Journal of Global Security Studies, Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2021, ogaa052, https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogaa052
Published: 24 December 2020
...:https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model ) To summarize, the term political prisoner should be exclusively and consistently used to delegitimize biased state action leading to incarceration. At the same time, it should remain agnostic about political motivations...
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Men’s Social Integration after Incarceration: The Role of Organizationally Embedded Prison-Forged Networks
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Robert Riggs
Social Problems, Volume 69, Issue 2, May 2022, Pages 544–561, https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spaa026
Published: 12 August 2020
... and Few 2006 ). In general, family support has been found to be the most important factor in successful transitions from prison to community ( Visher and Courtney 2006 ). Given the literature, it makes sense that conceptual frameworks for social integration focus on family. Rebuilding family ties after...
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The Meaning of Murder: Family Members in the Lives of Juvenile Homicide Offenders
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Simone Jessica Deegan
The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 61, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 85–103, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azaa055
Published: 29 July 2020
... of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model ( https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model ) The issue of secondary trauma is important because it goes to the ‘vexed world’ inhabited by the intimates of (ex-)prisoners. Halsey...
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Anticipated Alienation and Critical Social Work: Ex-Offenders’ Perspectives on Re-entry
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Adi Barak and Amy Stebbins
The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 51, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 38–56, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa069
Published: 13 July 2020
... justice system constrains social workers’ ability to practice critical social work. Given the increased rates of re-entry from prison into disenfranchised, minority communities in the USA, knowledge about re-entry should be made available to social workers wishing to assist those who suffer from extreme...
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Race and the Geography of Opportunity in the Post-Prison Labor Market
Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana and others
Social Problems, Volume 68, Issue 2, May 2021, Pages 438–489, https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spaa018
Published: 03 June 2020
... by race. However, we also have reason to believe that the role of job information networks will vary by industry, given industry-based variation in whether employers use referrals ( Rees 1966 ; Rees and Shultz 1970 ), as described further below. Abstract Research on racial disparities in post-prison...
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Indigeneity, Prisoner Visitation and Reincarceration in Australia: The Association Between Visits in Prison and Reincarceration for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People
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Nicole Ryan and others
The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 60, Issue 4, July 2020, Pages 1056–1079, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azaa009
Published: 10 March 2020
... This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model ( https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model ) Prisoner visitation can offer a potential source of social capital...
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Age and Youth, Sound and Vision
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Catherine Robson
The American Historical Review, Volume 124, Issue 5, December 2019, Pages 1793–1797, https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhz1019
Published: 10 December 2019
...Catherine Robson Email: [email protected] First World War, sound recordings, documentaries, prisoner-of-war camps The film’s title is from Laurence Binyon’s “For the Fallen,” of course—with a slight tweak in word order. First published in The Times on September 21, 1914, the poem...
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Chinese Practice of Foucault’s ‘Disciplinary Power’ and its Effects on the Rehabilitation of Female Prisoners in China
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Ao Zhang
The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 60, Issue 3, May 2020, Pages 662–680, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azz068
Published: 27 November 2019
...Ao Zhang [email protected] Jifen Kaohe System disciplinary power rehabilitation Chinese female prisoner © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (ISTD). All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail...
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