A voice within: an autoethnographic account of moving from closed to open prison conditions by a life-sentenced prisoner
This article explores the lived experience of transitioning from closed toopen prison conditions by a mandatory life-sentenced prisoner. Using autoethnographicmethodology the lead author’s experience of this significant life-sentence event forms thebasis of a wider discussion. Research around this p...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2021
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The Howard journal of crime and justice
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-17 |
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Rights Information: | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
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Summary: | This article explores the lived experience of transitioning from closed toopen prison conditions by a mandatory life-sentenced prisoner. Using autoethnographicmethodology the lead author’s experience of this significant life-sentence event forms thebasis of a wider discussion. Research around this process is lacking. This article examinesthe phenomena around prisoner identity, prison culture and prisoner adaptation; it ex-plores what impact of years spent in the closed prison estate can have on how open prisonconditions are experienced. The authors identify important social and ontological obsta-cles to successful transition to open conditions and reflect on how it exposes the enduringharms resultant from serving a life sentence. |
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Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 16-17 Auch erschienen unter: https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12430 |
ISSN: | 2059-1101 |
DOI: | 10.1111/hojo.12430 |