RT Article
T1 Prisoners regulating prisons: Voice, action, participation and riot
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 24
IS 1
SP 144
OP 163
A1 Buck, Gillian
A2 Tomczak, Philippa
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1878566385
AB Prisoners are a critical source of prison regulation around the world, but regulation by (rather than of) prisoners remains little analysed. In this article, we utilise the 1990 riots at HMP Strangeways (England), as a case study of prisoners (re)shaping imprisonment. We examine prisoners’ roles in these riots and subsequent cross-sectoral regulatory activities. We innovatively use the four-phase process of translation from actor-network theory to guide document analysis of (1) Lord Woolf’s official inquiry into the riots and (2) the voluntary organisation Prison Reform Trust’s follow-up report. We explore how participatory approaches could inform prison regulation through (former) prisoners partnering with external regulators throughout the processes of identifying problems and solutions to establish broader alliances seeking social change.
K1 Voluntary sector
K1 Strangeways
K1 Riots
K1 prisoner voice
K1 prison regulation
K1 Participation
DO 10.1177/17488958221101997