Gamification of Terror: Bearing Witness to Disciplinary Power in Netflix's Unlocked: A Jail Experiment

This article critically examines Unlocked: A Jail Experiment, a Netflix reality series that documents an unregulated “experiment” at Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility. In the show, the sheriff unlocks cell doors, prompting incarcerated individuals to abruptly transition from 23-hour-per-day...

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Authors: Kaczynski, Stephanie (Author) ; Foster, Megan N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: The prison journal
Year: 2025, Volume: 105, Issue: 4, Pages: 423-445
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
co-performative witnessing
critical media studies
carceral surveillance
panopticon
disciplinary power