Power to the Convicted Class’
Re-Assessing Prisoner-Led Movements and Trade Union Organizing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8401769 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cormac Behan (0000-0001-5647-991X, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, corresponding author), Matthew Maycock (0000-0002-3557-3517, Monash University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 822-839 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azae077 |
| OpenAlex | W4404124866 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 56 |
This article examines prisoner-led movements that have sought the right to representation and improvements in pay and conditions. We argue that this strand of prison organizing has tended to be subsumed into narratives around prison disturbances, studies of movements for prisoners’ rights and campaigns for penal reform. The article considers the extent to which prisoner-led organizations have adapted to their unique set of circumstances by examining some historical and contemporary examples of labour organizing in prison. We contend that questions of class and class analysis more widely in relation to prisoner labour have not been explicitly analysed within contemporary penology, and consider the need for a new approach to critique worker organizing within prison settings
Class (philosophy) · Economics · Power (physics) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Labor Movements and Unions · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |