Self-governing prison communities
Brazilian prison order is largely negotiated between and among inmates and staff, in part by default, in part by design. In his accounts of working as a doctor at Carandiru prison in the 1990s, Drauzio Varella draws attention to the São Paulo’s cell block faxina (housekeeper: trusty prisoner/inmate...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Carceral communities in Latin America
Year: 2021, Pages: 61-87 |
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| Summary: | Brazilian prison order is largely negotiated between and among inmates and staff, in part by default, in part by design. In his accounts of working as a doctor at Carandiru prison in the 1990s, Drauzio Varella draws attention to the São Paulo’s cell block faxina (housekeeper: trusty prisoner/inmate leader) system and to prisoners adhering to codes of conduct relating to inmate solidarity and dealings with staff. Varieties of co-produced prison order exist to different and varying degrees across the country, in its “best” prisons as well as its worst. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 84-87 |
| ISBN: | 9783030614980 |
