Turning prisons into a place for learning
Conditions for providing adult education in correctional settings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21867015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kiki Maleika Qiu (0009-0000-2710-1205, Stockholm University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 375-390 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2000-7426 • E-ISSN: 2000-7426 |
| Publisher | Linköping University Electronic Press (PUBLISHER • SE) |
| DOI | 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.5577 |
| OpenAlex | W4414783881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
This study investigates the organisation of adult education in Swedish prisons and examines how education is integrated into a highly regimented environment. Using documents as empirical data, the study applies template analysis and the theory of practice architecture to explore the conditions shaping education in prison. The findings show that security concerns impede students’ learning opportunities and development of digital literacy. In addition, due to a lack of resources, prisoners’ right to education becomes conditioned, with some individuals excluded from participation. At the same time, efforts are made to turn the prison into an educational space through design choices, employment of non-prison staff, and language use. Furthermore, participation in education has recently been linked to the opportunity for parole. This has the potential to increase participation and completion rates through coercion, thus increasingly embedding education into the system of control and sanctions that is inherent in prisons
Adult education · Apprenticeship · Empirical research · Informal education · Prison · Sanctions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues
Changing Practices, Changing Education
Doing Template Analysis
The Impact of Welfare State Regimes on Barriers to Participation in Adult Education
Discourses on quality in Swedish adult education
The Theory of Practice Architectures
Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis
Research on education in prisons
Popular education by and for migrants. A study of preconditions for involvement of migrant study circle participants in the Swedish Workers’ Educational Association
The ‘dangerous other’ in maximum-security prisons
The Utility of Template Analysis in Qualitative Psychology Research
Implicit theories and naïve beliefs
Learning behind bars
Scandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice
Changing the Subject
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |