[Y]ou are better off talking to a f****** wall

The perceptions and experiences of grievance procedures among incarcerated people in Ireland

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ID4085265
AutoresSophie Van Der Valk (0000-0002-9337-8672, Trinity College Dublin, autor de correspondencia), Eva Aizpurua (0000-0001-7045-5535, Trinity College Dublin), Mary Rogan (0000-0002-2279-9891, Trinity College Dublin)
Año2022
Volumen56
Número2
Páginas261-285
Fecha de publicación2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLaw & Society Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/lasr.12603
OpenAlexW4280626197
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas50

The ways in which grievance procedures are used and perceived by incarcerated people raise important questions about the operation of procedural justice and legal consciousness and mobilization scholarship in settings where rights are especially vulnerable. This paper analyzes perceptions and usage of the grievance procedure for incarcerated people using survey data from people (N = 508) in three prisons in Ireland. We find that incarcerated people's views of the grievance procedures are generally negative, though some use it, especially those serving long sentences and those in segregation, with education level not significant in terms of usage. Additionally, having confidence in staff is associated with satisfaction with the procedure, as is the perception that one's rights are respected, showing important connections between perceptions of complaints and aspects of legal consciousness. We suggest a need for further situated analyses of procedural justice and legal consciousness, as well as practical requirements for complaints systems to elicit confidence among incarcerated people

Consciousness · Criminology · Economic Justice · Grievance · Legal consciousness · Perception · Political science · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Social Psychology