The Transformative Power of Trust: Exploring Tertiary Desistance in Reinventive Prisons

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 between the experience o...

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Main Author: Ugelvik, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 62, Issue: 3, Pages: 623-638
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Trust
Recognition
Tertiary desistance
Reinventive prisons
Norwegian prisons
Staff-prisoner relationship
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Summary: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 between the experience of being trusted and ‘tertiary desistance’. I argue that trust can be an engine of positive change in prison and that the experience of being trusted might even acquire additional value from the low-trust and risk-sensitive environment that most prisons normally offer prisoners. Finally, I discuss whether prisons that manage to get this balance right deserve to be called ‘reinventive prisons’.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azab076