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Doing Indefinite Time : An Ethnography of Long-Term Imprisonment in Switzerland.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marti, Irene.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Observing, Listening and Engaging in Prisoners' Everyday Lives
  • 1.1.1 'Being There'
  • 1.1.1.1 Gaining Access to the Prison: The Formal Organization of My Fieldwork
  • 1.1.1.2 Gaining Access Within the Prison: Establishing and Maintaining Trust
  • 1.1.2 Face-to-Face Interviews
  • 1.1.3 Walking Interviews
  • 1.1.4 Documents
  • 1.2 Structure of the Book
  • References
  • 2 Indefinite Confinement in Switzerland
  • 2.1 Legal Framework and Penal Policy
  • 2.1.1 Article 64 and Article 59: Indefinite Confinement in the Swiss Criminal Code
  • 2.1.2 High-Risk Offenders: Identifying Individuals Posing a 'Danger to the Public'
  • 2.1.3 Institutional Placement and Handling of 'Dangerous' Offenders
  • 2.2 Key Actors
  • 2.2.1 Penal Enforcement Authorities: Placing and Managing Prisoners
  • 2.2.2 Prison Management: Accommodating Prisoners
  • 2.2.3 Prison Staff: Daily Dealings with Prisoners
  • 2.3 The Sentenced Prisoners
  • 2.3.1 Facing Indeterminacy
  • 2.3.2 Living in an Ever-Same Present
  • 2.4 Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 Space, Time, Embodiment
  • 3.1 The Prison as an Inhabited Time-Space
  • 3.1.1 The Prison Regime: A Formal Set of Arrangements of Space and Time
  • 3.1.2 Inhabiting the Prison: Prisoners' Lived Experiences
  • 3.1.2.1 Bodily Experiences of Space and Time
  • 3.1.2.2 Doing with Space and Time
  • 3.1.3 Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 In the Prison Cell
  • 4.1 The Swiss Prison Cell
  • 4.2 Descriptions of the cell's Ambiance
  • 4.2.1 Architecture, Design and Furnishings
  • 4.2.2 Prison Environment
  • 4.2.3 Prison Surroundings
  • 4.3 A 'Home' or 'a Place to Be, but not to Live'
  • 4.3.1 The prison's Accommodation Regime
  • 4.3.1.1 The Right to Arrange the Cell in a 'Homely' Way
  • 4.3.1.2 The Obligation to Keep It 'Tidy and Clean'
  • 4.3.2 Arranging the Cell.
  • 4.3.2.1 Transforming the Cell into 'a Home'
  • 4.3.2.2 The Cell as 'a Place to Be, but not to Live'
  • 4.4 Personal Spaces, Privacy and Intimacy
  • 4.4.1 The Role of Prison Staff
  • 4.4.2 Controlling Access to Personal Territories
  • 4.4.3 Catching the Right Moment
  • 4.4.4 Protecting the Boundaries of the Self
  • 4.4.5 Experiencing Closeness and Intimacy
  • 4.5 Being with Time
  • 4.5.1 Killing Time
  • 4.5.2 Marking Time
  • 4.5.3 Using Time
  • 4.5.4 Transcending the Here and Now
  • 4.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 5 At Work
  • 5.1 Work in Swiss Prisons
  • 5.2 Physical and Mental (Im)mobility
  • 5.3 'Less Prison-Like' Spaces
  • 5.4 Repetition and Monotony
  • 5.5 Seeking Individuality and Social Belonging
  • 5.5.1 Being 'an Expert', 'the Man for All Cases'
  • 5.5.2 Being Trustworthy
  • 5.5.2.1 Being Granted More Autonomy and Responsibility
  • 5.5.2.2 'Bypassing' Internal Rules
  • 5.5.2.3 Having Access to Exclusive and 'Untouched' Places
  • 5.5.2.4 Feeling Heard by Prison Management
  • 5.5.3 Being a 'Simple' Prisoner
  • 5.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 6 During Leisure Time
  • 6.1 Leisure Time in Swiss Prisons
  • 6.2 In the Courtyard: Sensing the Outside World
  • 6.2.1 Having Access to 'Nature'
  • 6.2.2 Encountering 'a Little Piece of Freedom'
  • 6.3 Connecting with People from the Outside World
  • 6.3.1 Receiving Visitors: When the Inside and the Outside Worlds Blur and Collide
  • 6.3.1.1 Expecting Visitors: 'Highlights' to Look Forward To
  • 6.3.1.2 Entering the Visiting Room
  • 6.3.1.3 Managing Temporariness
  • 6.3.1.4 Performing and Experiencing the (Non-)Prisoner Self
  • 6.3.1.5 The 'Prisoners' Oasis'
  • 6.3.1.6 Leaving the Visiting Room
  • 6.3.2 Letters and Phone Calls
  • 6.4 Blurring Physical and Social Boundaries During Sports
  • 6.4.1 Feeling and Using One's Body
  • 6.4.2 Experiencing Encounters Between 'Human Beings'.
  • 6.5 Escaping Spatio-Temporal Stasis Through Education and Training
  • 6.5.1 Tracing the Rhythms of the Outside World-And Finding One's Own
  • 6.5.2 'Playing Through Certain Emotional States'
  • 6.6 Events Out of the Ordinary
  • 6.7 Going on Release on Temporary License
  • 6.8 Conclusion
  • References
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 7.1 To Apprehend 'the Prison' as It Is Lived
  • 7.2 Public and Political Pressure, Institutional Indecisiveness, Challenged and Challenging Prison Staff
  • 7.3 Shifting Between Continued Hope and Resignation
  • 7.4 Maintaining a Sense of Self and Personal Integrity
  • 7.5 Searching for Normalcy, Social Belonging and Individuality
  • 7.6 Balancing on the Boundary Between Freedom and Captivity
  • 7.7 Final Thoughts from the Other Side of the Prison Wall
  • References
  • Correction to: Doing Indefinite Time
  • Correction to: I. Marti, Doing Indefinite Time, Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12590-4
  • Index.

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