RT Article
T1 Traumatizing the traumatized: self-harm and death in women’s prisons in England and Wales
JF Feminist responses to injustices of the state and its institutions
SP 199
OP 215
A1 Atkinson, Kym
A2 Monk, Helen L.
A2 Sim, Joe 1952-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1924973294
AB This chapter is concerned with utilizing feminist methodology and theory to critique the dominant discourses surrounding self-harm and death in women’s prisons. First, it provides a critical overview of the data concerning harm and deaths in women’s prisons. Second, it considers how a feminist epistemology built on ‘feminist praxis’ can be used to ‘unsilence’ the voices of women in prison, and their families, and place their experiences directly at the centre of knowledge production. Third, it develops a feminist, theoretical perspective in order to critically conceptualize the nature of life and death in women’s prisons. Finally, the chapter outlines a number of feminist-based strategies and interventions for the prevention and elimination of self-harm and deaths in prisons. These strategies are put forward to contribute to the radical transformation in, and eventual abolition of, a pain-inducing institution which is dangerous to women.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 213-215
SN 9781529207293