RT Article
T1 The rehabilitation industry: Lived experience and performance
JF Probation journal
VO 72
IS 3
SP 317
OP 324
A1 Brierley, Andi
A1 Dennehy, Max
A2 Dennehy, Max
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/193615790X
AB We approach this essay through a unique observation of being on both sides of the criminal justice system as prisoners and drugs addicts to transitioning into professionals and educators within and around the criminal justice system. We argue that the concept of rehabilitation has – through the neo-liberal capitalist social system – evolved into a Rehabilitation Industry. The essay argues that by defining the concept of the Rehabilitation Industry, society can ask critical questions of how social media, marketing, branding, the public facing performance as well as the dubious claims of rehabilitation is taking place. The principal argument within the essay is that, although often obscured, a fusion of the contemporary digital landscape and capitalism is creating a criminal justice system that harms justice involved people, whilst simultaneously the industry of ‘rehabilitation’ generates a multitude of capitals – economic, cultural, and political – for a whole range of stakeholders – not least those of us with ‘lived experience’ now occupying the justice reform stage.
K1 harms
K1 Lived experience
K1 Capital
K1 Neo-liberalism
K1 rehabilitation industry
DO 10.1177/02645505241301336