RT Article
T1 Punishment and citizenship: Families facing prison social work
JF Probation journal
VO 72
IS 4
SP 406
OP 424
A1 Ruedas Torres, Diego
A1 Jardine, Cara
A2 Jardine, Cara
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1940456037
AB This article explores the limitations of prison social work in addressing the citizenship challenges faced by prisoners’ families. While research highlights incarceration's impact on relatives – restricted rights, marginalisation and resource extraction – no studies to date have examined their interactions with prison social workers and treatment staff. Based on 27 interviews with female relatives in Spain, the study reveals systemic failures in support. Families experience Treatment Boards as sources of frustration, navigating the system performing compliance and repentance. The findings critique a control-oriented model and highlight the need for alternative support structures to mitigate citizenship deficits imposed by the penal system.
K1 effects of imprisonment
K1 treatment staff
K1 Citizenship
K1 Social Work
K1 Family
K1 Prison
DO 10.1177/02645505251363196