Locked In and Locked Out
How Covid-19 Is Making the Case for Digital Inclusion of Incarcerated Populations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3759470 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bianca C Reisdorf (0000-0002-0690-1956, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1180-1199 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027642231155369 |
| OpenAlex | W4322499485 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 22 |
Digital inequalities have been exacerbated for many marginalized populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is no different for one of the most marginalized populations in the United States, incarcerated people. Due to the pandemic, in-person visitations as well as educational and vocational programming were, and in many cases remain, suspended across numerous correctional facilities, leaving incarcerated people even more socially isolated than before the pandemic. Although an increasing number of facilities provide prison tablets for entertainment and communication purposes, high prices for electronic messages, video visitations, books, and entertainment content leave incarcerated people and their families unable to pay for these services. As best practice examples from California, Maine, New York City, and Pennsylvania demonstrate, connecting prisons to the internet and allowing incarcerated people secure access to the internet is possible, and long overdue. The pandemic has highlighted these issues and provides an opportunity to overhaul outdated ideas about prison communication
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Criminology · Entertainment · Inclusion (mineral) · Internet access · Internet privacy · Pandemic · Political science · Prison · Public relations · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine
Digital inclusion as a pathway to social reintegration of juvenile and convicted offenders
Enhancing healthcare accessibility through telehealth for justice impacted individuals
Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the experiences of incarcerated pregnant people
A Shared Sorrow
Empowering pandemic pivots
Access to Technology for Higher Education in Prison Programs
Digital Divide
Digital Inequality During a Pandemic
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The contemporary US digital divide
(B)Locked sites
The Effects of Prison Visits From Family Members on Prisoners’ Well-Being, Prison Rule Breaking, and Recidivism
Digital inequalities in time of pandemic
Smartphone Internet access and use
The prison is another country
The Carceral Web we weave
Collateral benefits of Internet use
Returning to the digital world
Internet skills and the digital divide
Mobile Phones Will Not Eliminate Digital and Social Divides
Social support and digital inequality
Social isolation and inmate behavior
Digital Rehabilitation
Compounded Disadvantage
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |