Being a Woman in Mixed-Gender Prisons

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ID23634005
AuthorsCharlotte Mathiassen (0000-0003-4088-2696, Aarhus University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Pages377-403
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueScandinavian Penal History, Culture and Prison Practice (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/978-1-137-58529-5_16
OpenAlexW2741423319
ISBN9781137585295
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited28

In this chapter, I will examine the penal and mixed-gender practices surrounding female prisoners in Denmark and attempt to unfold how these practices both support and constrain the well-being and welfare of incarcerated women. I will examine the ways of how the practice of mixed-gendered prisons enables and restricts imprisoned women. In doing so, I will refer to Judith Butler (2004a) and her question: ‘What, given the contemporary order of being, can I be?’ (2004a, p. 58), which, in the context of this chapter, can be re-phrased as: What kinds of lives are viable for female prisoners in Danish prisons? Gender equality, which refers to both men and women having the same possibilities and rights to participate in societal life (I discuss this further below), is said to be a core value in advanced welfare regimes like Denmark (Bekendtgørelse 2013, Borchorst and Dahlerup 2003).

Criminology · Political science · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology

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