Doing Indefinite Time An Ethnography of Long-Term Imprisonment in Switzerland
This open access book provides insights into the everyday lives of long-term prisoners in Switzerland who are labelled as ‘dangerous’ and are preventatively held in indefinite, probably lifelong, incarceration. It explores prisoners’ manifold ways of inhabiting the prison which can be used to challe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Indefinite confinement in Switzerland
- 3. Space, time, embodiment
- 4. Institutional context, key actors, sentenced prisoners
- 5. In the prison cell
- 6. At work
- 7. During leisure time
- 8. Conclusion