Overview

This general issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons edited by Justin Piche and Kevin Walby features articles by current and former prisoners documenting the latest trends in penal policy and practice in the United States. The issue also features an article to ""The Dialogue on the Canadian Carceral State"" that explores the punitiveness of Canada's immigration system, a ""Response"" paper on the struggle over the future of the decommissioned Prison for Women (P4W) as a site of memory, as well as ""Prisoners' Struggles"" contributions, and a book review. The cover art, featuring the pieces ""Carceral Landscape"" and ""Close the Bastard Down!"", was created by Peter Collins a former Canadian prisoner serving a life sentence who died behind bars of cancer. Published in English.

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Author:   Professor Justin Piché (Associate Professor) ,  Professor Kevin Walby (Associate Professor)
Publisher:   University of Ottawa Press
Imprint:   University of Ottawa Press
ISBN:  

9780776641607

ISBN 10:   0776641603
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   01 May 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION FROM THE ISSUE EDITORS (Beyond) Life in Prison Kevin Walby, Melissa Munn and Justin Piché ..........................................1 ARTICLES The Million Dollar Man: Refl ections on Life Sentences by a Canadian Lifer Yves Réal Côté and Alana Abramson .......................................................7 The Rarity of Prisoner Complaints Arising from Guard-Administered Violence: A Tentative Explanation Mark Stobbe ............................................................................................19 Solitary Confi nement by Another Name Remains Solitary Charles Diorio ........................................................................................32 Swinging Doors: An Autoethnographic Look at the Challenges Faced by Previously Incarcerated People in the USA and Australia Lukas Carey, Adam Grant and Scott Tompkins ......................................38 Evolution of a Life Sentence James Ruston ..........................................................................................64 What Are the Barriers to the Development of Convict Criminology in Australia? Lukas Carey, Andreas Aresti, and Sacha Darke .....................................77 RESPONSE Imagining a World Beyond the Prison Pandemic Justin Piché ............................................................................................97 PRISONERS’ STRUGGLES CSC’s COVID-19 Response: Inside Canada’s First Federal Penitentiary Outbreak at Mission Medium Dean Roberts ........................................................................................100 MSOP’s COVID Response was a Disaster Matthew Feeney ....................................................................................117 BOOK REVIEWS Escape Artist: Memoir of a Visionary Artist on Death Row by William A. Noguera Toronto: Seven Stories Press (2018) 447pp. Lucas Ridgeway ....................................................................................125 Available Titles and Call for Book Reviews Journal of Prisoners on Prisons ...........................................................130 UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUES – CALLS FOR PAPERS Walls to Bridges Shoshana Pollack and Christine Mayor ...............................................133 Prison Labour Jordan House and Kelly Struthers Montford ........................................137 Homelessness and Incarceration Erin Dej and Dale Spencer ...................................................................140 Emotions and Carceral Spaces Jennifer Kilty, Rachel Fayter and Justin Piché ....................................143 COVER ART “Cell in Cell (Green Dreams)” (front cover) and “There Comes a Time” (back cover) Steel Door Studios 2020 ......................................................................................................147

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