Alienation, segregation and resocialization: meanings of prison labor

Silva, Clara Luisa Oliveira; Saraiva, Luiz Alex Silva

doi:10.1016/j.rausp.2016.07.001

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“…As Zatz (2008: 884) notes, where work is undertaken at the boundaries of the market, as in this case, there is potential to illuminate 'the continuity between controversies previously regarded as distinct'. Scholarship on noneconomic work (Zatz, 2008) and consideration of mechanisms of invisibility (Hatton, 2015(Hatton, , 2017 thus strengthens the insights that emerge from the rehabilitation literature (for example, Crook, 2007;Guilbaud and Jacobs, 2010;Shea, 2009;Silva and Saraiva, 2016;Visher and Travis, 2003). In particular, the multiple layers of disadvantage and exclusion experienced by prisoners are brought into sharp relief.…”

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“…Similarly, while prisoners knew the researcher quite well by the end of the study, they may not have fully It is recognised that as a single case the Bridgeville study cannot make claims to generalisability, nevertheless it is contended that it illuminates and is relatable to the 'totality that shapes it' (Burawoy, 1985: 18) when viewed in its wider societal context. Thus, perceptions of prison-work at Bridgeville were compared with results from other prison studies (for example, Guilbaud and Jacobs, 2010;Shea, 2007;Silva and Saraiva, 2016;Visher and Travis, 2003), while also engaging with wider labour market controversies around the boundaries of economic work and structures of social disadvantage (Hatton, 2015(Hatton, , 2017Zatz, 2008;Zatz and Boris, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Rather, these inmates saw their prison-work as temporary respite from the cell, a coping mechanism, but little more (see Guilbaud and Jacobs, 2010). In Workshops 1-4, therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that prison-work reinforced inmates' negative histories of socio-economic disadvantage (Crook, 2007;Hatton, 2017;Silva and Saraiva, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Contrastingly, inmates from Workshop 5 displayed awareness of a growing external labour market in recycling and waste management (Harvey, 2013) (Zatz and Boris, 2014: 102; see also Maruna, 2001;Silva and Saraiva, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is concluded that Bridgeville's private-sector prison work does little to change inmates' pre-existing perceptions of work and the cyclical 'logic of exclusion' associated with criminality (Silva and Saraiva, 2016: 375). Theoretically and more broadly, in tandem with consideration of the findings through the lens of rehabilitation (for example, Shea, 2007;Silva and Saraiva, 2016;Wakefield and Uggen, 2010;Visher and Travis, 2003), the article problematises ' [and] make[s] visible a domain of excluded work' (Zatz and Boris, 2014: 96;also Hatton, 2015also Hatton, , 2017Zatz, 2008). In so doing, the broader implications of invisible work in the wider labour market are operationalised and exposed to scrutiny, highlighting its deleterious impact on those who labour without meaningful recognition for their efforts, be that dignity in their labour or prospects of economic and social betterment (Hatton, 2015;Standing, 2011;Visser, 2017).…”

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Captive in Cycles of Invisibility? Prisoners’ Work for the Private Sector

Pandeli

Marinetto

Jenkins

2018

Work, Employment and Society

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This article critiques a case of modern prison-labour by exploring prisoners' attitudes towards the prison-work they undertake while incarcerated. The study is based at a privatised male prison in the UK, assigned the pseudonym 'Bridgeville'. Bridgeville contracts with privatesector firms in providing market-focused prison-work -so-called real work -for inmates in some of its workshops. In exploring prisoners' perceptions of this privatised prison-work, it is found that it mainly comprises mundane, low-skilled activities typical of informalised, poorquality jobs that are socially, legally and economically devalued and categorised as forms of 'invisible work'. At Bridgeville, such privatised prison-work largely fails in engaging or upskilling inmates, leaving them pessimistic about its value as preparation for employment post-release. Its rehabilitative credentials are therefore questioned. The article contributes to the debate around invisible work more generally by problematising this example of excluded work and the cycle of disadvantage that underpins it.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Workhop 4)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Captive in Cycles of Invisibility? Prisoners’ Work for the Private Sector

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Marinetto

Jenkins

2018

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Private and Public Policy: The Intersection of Cultural and Societal Laws

Carriere

2022

SpringerBriefs in Psychology

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Basic model of resocialization of convicts

Maltseva¹,

Malyshev

Sobolev

et al. 2021

SHS Web Conf.

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Purpose of the study: development of directions and basic model of resocialization of convicts. This study uses a three-factor dichotomous baseline model of convict resocialization with a single “external-internal” dichotomy. This model defines the “vectors of development” of a convict and shows the common factors of this process, which correctional officers need to consider when organizing re-socialization work with this category of people. The research resulted in conclusions from the analysis of three factor-categories of pedagogy: “education”, “training” and “education”, determining the objective (external) position of the individual, and “self-learning” and “self-education”, determining the subjective (internal) position of the individual. While using the principle of “semantic proximity”, a three-factor basic-dichotomous “superimposition” of these factors-categories of pedagogy on such concepts as “values”, “activity”, “intellect” has been performed. This “superposition” results in three combined basic psycho-pedagogical factors (“value education”, “active learning”, “intellectual education”). From this model, it becomes clear what direction correctional officers should work in terms of “developing the consciousness” of the convict, given the factors in question. The novelty of the study is that the work shows specific examples of activities performed by the staff with convicts, which are associated with the implementation of these factors and the impact on the process of resocialization.

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Alienation, segregation and resocialization: meanings of prison labor

Cited by 11 publications

References 12 publications

Captive in Cycles of Invisibility? Prisoners’ Work for the Private Sector

Captive in Cycles of Invisibility? Prisoners’ Work for the Private Sector

Private and Public Policy: The Intersection of Cultural and Societal Laws

Basic model of resocialization of convicts

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