RT Article
T1 ‘A prison is no place for a party’: Neoliberalism, charitable fundraising, carceral enjoyments and abolitionist killjoys
JF Contemporary justice review
VO 25
IS 1
SP 56
OP 81
A1 Mussell, Linda
A2 Piché, Justin
A2 Walby, Kevin 1981-
A2 Guenther, Lisa
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1799692884
AB This paper explores a case study of the struggle over the cultural meanings of charity and imprisonment related to United Way’s 2019 Rockin’ The Big House fundraising concert in partnership with Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) and the City of Kingston at Kingston Penitentiary. Contributing to literature at the intersection of penality, prison tourism, and the charitable sector, we examine how staging authenticity and fostering penal spectatorship were central to driving ticket sales for and encouraging enjoyment at the concert held on the grounds of Canada’s first penitentiary. Based on an analysis of internal government records and CSC communications with United Way, we demonstrate how event planning and advertising relied on denigrating stereotypes regarding criminalized persons. Highlighting the value of collective organizing, action research, and newsmaking interventions aimed at opposing carceral enjoyments, we illustrate how cultural meanings of penality can be confronted as a means to advance abolitionist politics.
K1 Abolitionism
K1 carceral enjoyments
K1 penal spectatorship
K1 prison tourism
K1 Imprisonment
K1 Charity
DO 10.1080/10282580.2021.2018655