Carceral-capital-charitable politics in Kingston, Ontario: analyzing relationships of embeddedness and indebtedness
This paper investigates the partnership between Correctional Service Canada, the City of Kingston, and United Way, which has transformed the decommissioned Kingston Penitentiary into a site central to the growth of local tourism, film and charitable industries in Kingston, Ontario. In particular, we...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Crime, law and social change
Year: 2022, Volume: 77, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-68 |
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| Summary: | This paper investigates the partnership between Correctional Service Canada, the City of Kingston, and United Way, which has transformed the decommissioned Kingston Penitentiary into a site central to the growth of local tourism, film and charitable industries in Kingston, Ontario. In particular, we examine the political and social implications of this prison-municipal-charitable partnership for the institutions involved, marginalized and criminalized people in the region, prison tourists, and penal policy in Canada. Investigating neo-institutional and network relationships, we argue that features of "embeddedness" and "indebtedness" between these institutions reinscribe neoliberal policy responses to social harm and economic challenges. We contend this partnership -which constitutes a regional growth machine - undermines the stated efforts of the aforementioned partners to reduce inequality and improve the lives of people pushed to the margins, thus perpetuating and further entrenching the penal status quo. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 65-68 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0751 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10611-021-09982-x |
