RT Article
T1 Locked up while locked down: prisoners’ experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 62
IS 2
SP 279
OP 298
A1 Suhomlinova, Olga
A2 Ayres, Tammy Colleen
A2 Tonkin, Matthew James
A2 O'Reilly, Michelle 1975-
A2 Wertans, Emily
A2 O'Shea, Saoirse Caitlin
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1793859337
AB Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has had 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 an unintended impact on prisoners and their living conditions. In this article, we explore prisoners’ lived experiences of the pandemic in English and Welsh prisons, captured through correspondence with prisoners throughout 12 months of regime restrictions, from April 2020 to April 2021. Drawing on prisoner narratives, the analysis reveals how the restricted regime has exacerbated the pains of imprisonment and had a detrimental impact on prisoners.
K1 Covid-19
K1 Pandemic
K1 Prisoner
K1 Experience
K1 England and Wales
DO 10.1093/bjc/azab060