‘Power to the Convicted Class’: Re-Assessing Prisoner-Led Movements and Trade Union Organizing

This article examines prisoner-led movements that have sought the right to representation and improvements in pay and conditions. We argue that this strand of prison organizing has tended to be subsumed into narratives around prison disturbances, studies of movements for prisoners’ rights and campai...

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Authors: Behan, Cormac (Author) ; Maycock, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2025, Volume: 65, Issue: 4, Pages: 822-839
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
prison labour
prisoner unions
Resistance
prisoner solidarity