Imprisoning Intimacy

The Expanding Sites of Racialized-Gendered Carceral Violence

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ID2368488
AuthorsAllison E Monterrosa (0000-0002-3580-379X, California State University, San Marcos, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume37
Issue3
Pages447-467
Publication date2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGender & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0891-2432 • E-ISSN: 1552-3977
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/08912432231171169
OpenAlexW4367368373
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited41

This study conceptualizes carceral violence to include the intimate sphere, highlighting a form of systemic racialized-gendered violence I term intimate carceral violence, which consists of two distinct violent effects of carcerality on relationships in Black communities: prisonized romance and coercive carceral care. I conducted qualitative interviews with 31 criminal-legal system-impacted Black women aged between 18 and 65 years in Southern California. Findings revealed that their romantic precarity included the challenge of finding partners due to the encroachment of the carceral state on Black communities. This study establishes how women engage in intimate carceral labor to mitigate their experiences of intimate carceral violence. I focus on the hidden work of managing an intimate partner's emotions and behavior engendered by incarceration

Criminology · Domestic violence · Poison control · Precarity · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Intimate Partner and Family Violence

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