RT Article
T1 The Prison Firm: The ‘transportation’ of organised crime, the evolution of criminal markets and contemporary prisoner society
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 25
IS 1
SP 245
OP 264
A1 Gooch, Kate
A2 Treadwell, James
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1916731791
AB Despite the burgeoning literature on organised crime within the community, little research has focused on the prison as a ‘space’ for organised crime. Based on ethnographic and qualitative research conducted within male English and Welsh prisons, this article critically examines how organised crime functions within these prisons. It is argued that the prison has become a fertile site for organised crime which is ‘transported’, rather than ‘transplanted’, into and out of prison in ways that extend the reach of criminal networks and alter the character of prisoner society.
K1 prisoner society
K1 Prison
K1 Organised Crime
K1 Gangs
K1 Drug markets
DO 10.1177/17488958241261802