RT Article
T1 Surviving cell-sharing: Resistance, cooperation and collaboration
JF Punishment & society
VO 25
IS 2
SP 500
OP 518
A1 Muirhead, Aimée
A2 Butler, Michelle
A2 Davidson, Gavin
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839407875
AB For decades, researchers have sought to understand the impact of imprisonment; yet we have a limited understanding of the lived experience of cell-sharing. To address this gap in knowledge, this paper draws on 37 semi-structured interviews with imprisoned adult men in Northern Ireland. While demonstrating that, for most, cell-sharing was a negative experience, imbued with discomfort, unease and distress, a new conceptual framework is presented that seeks to understand the tactics people use to manage cell-sharing, influences on their choice of tactics and the potential repercussions of these tactics. Potential implications for policy and practice are also discussed.
K1 Overcrowding
K1 Adaptation
K1 prison cells
K1 cellmates
DO 10.1177/14624745211062869