Can a prison in the Netherlands, that is neither ‘Dutch’ nor ‘Norwegian’, be ‘legitimate?’ What are the moral challenges? Our study of the controversial Norgerhaven project—a Norwegian prison located in the Netherlands—found that this ‘experiment’ generated one of the most reflexive, ‘deliberative’ prisons we have encountered. Officials involved in the decision assumed that the two jurisdictions were alike in their values. Few were prepared for the differences that arose. This hybrid prison made punishment, the use of authority, and the meanings of fairness, professionalism and discipline unusually explicit as staff negotiated their practices, creating a shift from ‘practical’ to ‘discursive’ consciousness and exposing many of the complexities of liberal penal power.
(Beyens & Boone, 2013, 8). In België verblijven deze strafrechtelijk gedetineerden zonder verblijfsrecht samen met gedetineerden met rechtmatig verblijf in eenzelfde inrichting en hebben in beginsel dezelfde rechten en plichten.Onderzoek van Beyens en Boone (2013) naar de ervaringen van gedetineerden en medewerkers met het Belgische detentieregime in de PI Tilburg laat zien dat gedetineerden het verblijf in de PI Tilburg doorgaans als positief ervaren, maar dat de detentiebeleving mede afhankelijk is van individuele kenmerken, zoals detentiefase, taal en verblijfsstatus. Dit geeft aanleiding te veronderstellen dat strafrechtelijk gedetineerden zonder verblijfsrecht het verblijf in detentie anders beleven dan gedetineerden met verblijfsrecht. Gezien het grote aantal gedetineerden zonder verblijfsrecht in de PI Tilburg en de toenemende tendens om gebruik te maken van strafrechtelijke detentie voor migranten zonder verblijfsrecht (Stumpf, 2006 Dit artikel uit Tijdschrift voor Criminologie is gepubliceerd door Boom Juridische uitgevers en is bestemd voor Utrecht University Library (202441)
This article has three main purposes: (1) To describe an in-prison methodology for measuring the moral quality of life, developed organically out of experience and necessity. It is conducted over an intense but exceptionally brief period of time. (2) To reveal and reflect on our intellectual methodology: how do we describe, think, interpret and theorise about prison life in our work together, especially in a transnational team? (3) Finally, to consider the benefits and challenges of collaboration and intense immersion across national boundaries, in a study of Norgerhaven prison in the Netherlands. We found that our own implicit prison moralities varied significantly, as we worked together to describe a prison that surprised us, and our participants, hugely.
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