“…The sociological literature on open prisons is therefore of particular relevance, detailing prisoners' adaptative strategies, staff-prisoner relationships, and the 'pains of freedom' (Abrahamsen, 2017;Lundeberg et al, 2018;Maier, 2020;Mjåland and Laursen, 2021;Neumann, 2012;Nielsen, 2012;Pakes, 2020;Pettersson, 2017;Shammas, 2014Shammas, , 2015aShammas, , 2015bStatham et al, 2020). A few studies in this area explore the potential for rehabilitation in open prisons.…”