Problematizing Carceral Tours

Piché, Justin; Walby, Kevin

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“…First tactic has to be to recognize that there are structural limitations. My experiences across different jurisdictions and time would confirm some of Piché and Walby's (2010) observations. Understandably, institutions do try to give you a sanitized version of their environment.…”

Section: In and Out Of The Belly Of The Beast Paul Seniorsupporting

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“…The article focuses more on the structural differences between types of regime in Germany and the United States, and this, in itself, enables useful questions to be asked. It is arguable though that the more nuanced benefits of carceral tours come from trying to get beyond what Piché and Walby (2010) criticised: "Prisons where facility tours are structured by scripts, the official information imparted can be framed in ways that reflect the self-serving messages that prison authorities circulate for public consumption about the role of prisons and the dangerousness of prisoners." (p. 575) So, is there a set of tactical manoeuvres that can be negotiated to maximise the benefit of carceral visits-Dos and Don'ts for carceral tours?…”

Section: In and Out Of The Belly Of The Beast Paul Seniormentioning

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Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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In and Out of the Belly of the Beast

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Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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“…Thus, we use access to information (ATI) requests as part of a methodological strategy for tracing transformations within Canadian security intelligence. In Canada, scholars have increasingly utilised the Access to Information Act (ATIA) as a methodological tool to conduct research on policing, security and intelligence practices (see Larsen and Piché 2009, Walby 2009, Piché and Walby 2010, Walby and Monaghan 2010, 2011. ATI research has been used to detail police practices.…”

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Making up ‘Terror Identities’: security intelligence, Canada's Integrated Threat Assessment Centre and social movement suppression

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Walby

2012

Policing and Society

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Drawing on analysis of government records obtained using Access to Information Act (ATIA) requests, we examine policing and surveillance projects developed in preparation for three mega-events that recently took place in Canada Á the 2010 Winter Olympics, the G8/G20 meetings and a scheduled (but cancelled) North American Leaders Summit. Based on an investigation of 'Threat Assessment' reports produced between 2005 and 2010 by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), we discuss transformations within Canada's anti-terror intelligence networks including the establishment of Integrated Security Units (ISUs) and the Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (ITAC) which resemble intelligence 'fusion centers' in the United States. These organisations became the knowledge-producing hubs for the classification and categorisation of national security threats. Examining shifts in ISU and ITAC Threat Assessments, we demonstrate how knowledge construction practices in security intelligence networks produce new categories of threat. Specifically, we focus on the newly constructed notion of 'multi issue extremism' (MIEs). Exploring the deployment of MIEs as a category of national security threat, we show how intelligence agencies have blurred the categories of terrorism, extremism and activism into an aggregate threat matrix.

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“… Abstract In previous work (see P iché and W alby ) we argued that carceral tours as commonly practised have limited pedagogical and research value, and contribute to the degradation that prisoners experience. Wilson, S pina and C anaan () have recently criticised our position on carceral tours.…”

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“…Several years ago we became interested in the use of carceral tours as part of our research on the socio‐politics and cultural representations of incarceration (see Piché and Walby , ; Walby and Piché ). Such tours are often used as research and pedagogical tools.…”

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Carceral Tours and the Need for Reflexivity: A Response to Wilson, Spina and Canaan

Piché

Walby

2012

Howard J Crim Justice

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In previous work (see Piché and Walby ) we argued that carceral tours as commonly practised have limited pedagogical and research value, and contribute to the degradation that prisoners experience. Wilson, Spina and Canaan () have recently criticised our position on carceral tours. In this rejoinder, we critique the methodological approach and the logic of Wilson and colleagues. We argue that Wilson and colleagues fail to consider how organisational policies and power relations shape carceral encounters. In this way, we reiterate our call for greater reflexivity and critical scrutiny regarding carceral tours.

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Problematizing Carceral Tours

Cited by 74 publications

References 21 publications

In and Out of the Belly of the Beast

In and Out of the Belly of the Beast

Making up ‘Terror Identities’: security intelligence, Canada's Integrated Threat Assessment Centre and social movement suppression

Carceral Tours and the Need for Reflexivity: A Response to Wilson, Spina and Canaan

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