Young women's pathways to prison

A critique of selected Kenyan prison documentaries

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12330334
AutoresWafula Yenjela (0000-0001-8586-9212, Yahoo (United Kingdom), autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen29
Número4
Páginas135-145
Fecha de publicación2015-10-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAgenda (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1013-0950 • E-ISSN: 2158-978X
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10130950.2015.1096089
OpenAlexW2219909608
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas10

This article critiques four Kenyan prison documentaries which present young women's pathways to prison. The critique reveals how the documentaries effectively go beyond the spectacle of crime, interrogate the histories of the young women convicts, and challenge a judicial system that downplays the link between childhood abuses and criminality. By reading the imprisonment of young women in the larger context of crime, this critical engagement envisions transformation of society: it critically demonstrates societal practices that violate the rights of girls which subsequently result in their aggression. I further signpost detention at the President's pleasure and life sentences imposed on the young offenders as the epitome of state patriarchy. Above all, this critique unmasks imprisonment enabled by patriarchy in Kenya and argues for transformation of societal structures that facilitate gender inequalities

Context (archaeology · Criminology · Imprisonment · Kenya · Patriarchy · Penology · Pleasure · Political science · Prison · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Law · Psychology · Sex work and related issues