To Be, One Has to Be Somewhere: Spatio-Temporality in Prison Segregation

Among modern exclusionary strategies (state sponsored or otherwise), prison segregation-the isolation of individuals from general inmate populations-is a particularly camouflaged form of exclusion with considerable impact on identity formation. Drawing from extensive documentary & nominal source...

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Published in:British journal of criminology 2006-07, Vol.46 (4), p.587-612
Main Author: Martel, Joane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Control
Life
Prisons
Segregation
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Summary:Among modern exclusionary strategies (state sponsored or otherwise), prison segregation-the isolation of individuals from general inmate populations-is a particularly camouflaged form of exclusion with considerable impact on identity formation. Drawing from extensive documentary & nominal sources, as well as 45 interviews with women having experienced segregation in Canadian prisons from 1995 to 2003, this paper argues that the regimented & predictable time-space continuum of the prison's 'ordinary' life flies into pieces in segregation where (1) arbitrary timeframes, & (2) fluid & frugal spatiality keep women on the margin of collective memory. Such time/space configurations engender a loss of ascendancy on individual & collective sense of time/space, leading to the use of multifarious resistance strategies to negotiate personally suitable identities. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0007-0955
DOI:10.1093/bjc/az1012