RT Article
T1 Where Two ‘Exceptional’ Prison Cultures Meet: Negotiating Order in a Transnational Prison
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 61
IS 1
SP 41
OP 60
A1 Liebling, Alison 1963-
A2 Beyens, Kristel
A2 Boone, Miranda 1967-
A2 Kox, Mieke
A2 Rokkan, Tore
A2 Schmidt, Bethany E.
A2 Vanhouche, An-Sofie
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/174580210X
AB Can a prison in the Netherlands, that is neither ‘Dutch’ nor ‘Norwegian’, be ‘legitimate?’ What are the moral challenges? Our study of the controversial Norgerhaven project—a Norwegian prison located in the Netherlands—found that this ‘experiment’ generated one of the most reflexive, ‘deliberative’ prisons we have encountered. Officials involved in the decision assumed that the two jurisdictions were alike in their values. Few were prepared for the differences that arose. This hybrid prison made punishment, the use of authority, and the meanings of fairness, professionalism and discipline unusually explicit as staff negotiated their practices, creating a shift from ‘practical’ to ‘discursive’ consciousness and exposing many of the complexities of liberal penal power.
K1 Prison
K1 Nordic exceptionalism
K1 Culture
K1 Quality of prison life
K1 Comparative research
K1 Transnational detention
DO 10.1093/bjc/azaa047