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Lecture 6: Prison Abolition Flashcards

1
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What issue does the example of HMP Berwyn highlight regarding prison reform?

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Prisoners isolated from families

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What do abolitionists see as a key failing of reformist changes?

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Strengthening legitimacy of imprisonment

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What argument suggests reforms reinforce prison rationales?

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They expand systems without changing core functions

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4
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The crisis of conditions 3 main reforms:

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  • Improvements post- Woolf
  • Smarter and better prisons
  • Importance of rehabilitation
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Criticism of the crisis of conditions reforms:

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Location still an issue

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6
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What problem’s can reform solve?

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  • Number crisis
  • Crisis of injustice
  • Crisis of conditions
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Crisis of injustice reform:

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Procedural fairness and decent living conditions

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Criticism of crisis of injustice reform:

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Prisoners have legitimate expectation to be treated fairly BUT not an absolute legal right to be treated humanely

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9
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What term describes repeated ineffective reforms?

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Penal treadmill

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10
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What do attempts at penal reform tend to do?

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Reproduce the prison and consolidate its rationale and form, rather than transforming it

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11
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Have how reforms failed?

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  • Become tedious/ monotonous
  • Based on same techniques and knowledge
  • Result is the production of homologous prisons
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12
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Why is reformism seen as MAD and FUTILE?

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Because its repeating the same action but expecting a different result

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13
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What argument do abolitionists make regarding criminal justice fairness?

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Social inequalities skew practices and outcomes

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14
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How do abolitionists see reformist changes to prisons and criminal justice?

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As strengthening resilience of flawed systems

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15
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What term refers to reforms designed to undermine systems?

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Non-reformist reforms

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16
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What “non-reformist” response do abolitionists recommend to overcrowding?

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Immediate prisoner releases

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17
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What stance does penal reductionism take?

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Reducing use but improving prisons

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18
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What argument opposes total abolition of prisons?

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Some grounds for confinement existing

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19
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Whats a Durkheimian argument for reform?

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A nexus of prison reform

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20
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What problems can reform solve?

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  • The number crisis
  • Crisis of conditions
  • Crisis of injustice
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21
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What attachment is there to prisons?

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Imprisonment as a social institution

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22
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What does prison abolition question?

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Questions the efficacy, morality of incarceration

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23
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Reforms often fail to reduce prison use because they:

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Expand systems without changing functions

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24
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Which stance sees changes as strengthening prison legitimacy?

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Abolitionist

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25
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‘Non-reformist’ reforms are intended to:

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Undermine and shrink harmful systems

26
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What change do abolitionists want regarding crime?

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Structural reforms

27
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Which view sees sentencing policies as skewed by inequalities?

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Marxist

28
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Penal reductionism argues for:

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Restricting then reforming imprisonment

29
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Reforms often expand prison systems while failing to:

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Reduce overcrowding and scale

30
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Abolitionists want:

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Investments in alternative responses

31
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Why do abolitionists oppose most reformist changes?

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They reinforce prison rationale

32
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Which view sees social inequalities affecting criminalization?

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Marxism

33
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What change to overcrowding do abolitionists want?

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Immediate prisoner releases

34
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Penal reductionism argues for:

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Restricting prisons before improving them

35
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Why do abolitionists see reformist changes as problematic?

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They reinforce legitimacy of imprisonment

36
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Which view sees criminal justice systems as inherently skewed?

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Abolitionist

37
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‘Non-reformist’ reforms are intended to:

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Undermine and shrink harmful systems

38
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What core change do abolitionists want regarding crime?

A

Structural reforms

39
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Why can’t criminal justice systems be fair according to abolitionists?

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Social inequalities skew practices

40
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Penal reductionism supports:

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Restricting imprisonment before reforming it

41
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Many reforms fail to reduce overcrowding and scale because they:

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Expand flawed systems

42
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Which view criticizes reforms strengthening prison legitimacy?

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Abolitionist

43
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What mechanisms lead to marginalized groups being criminalized according to abolitionists?

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Institutions advancing interests

44
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Why can prisons not be made fully humane or legitimate according to abolitionists?

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Power dynamics are inherent

45
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Penal reductionism wants:

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Some continued imprisonment after restrictions

46
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Reforms often perpetuate prisons by:

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Failing to address root causes

47
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Abolitionists believe sustainable change requires:

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Challenging assumptions about crime

48
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Which view sees specific reforms as strengthening resilience of imprisonment?

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Abolitionist

49
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What mechanisms sustain flawed criminal justice systems according to abolitionists?

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Institutional self-interest

50
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Penal reductionism wants initial:

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Restriction of imprisonment

51
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Sustainable change requires challenging assumptions about:

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The nature of crime itself

52
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Reformist changes often perpetuate imprisonment by:

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Increasing system capacity and budgets

53
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What does Martin et al 2014 state the prison emphasises?

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‘The problematic and illegitimate aspects of control – the inherently problematic power dynamics affecting those whose lives are touched by the prison experience’

54
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What does Ryan and Sim 2007 argue is needed for reform?

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‘Reforms have consistently worked to expand rather than reduce prisons. What is needed are strategies that denaturalise the prison and move towards a radical reduction in the use of imprisonment’

  • Reform only helps to strengthen the prison and make it more resilient
55
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Examples of 3 non-reformist reform strategies:

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  • Work to reduce the size, scope, and power of the system ​
  • Challenge the assumptions that underpin and sustain the system​
  • Link to a wider vision of change that will reduce our reliance on prisons​
56
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What would traditional reformers do for problems caused by ageing prison population?

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Call for new funding for specialised services. ​

57
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What would abolitionists do for problems caused by overcrowding?

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Push for early or compassionate release - not as easy as you think it is - what do we want prisons to do?​

58
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What did Frances cook argue for penal reductionism? What should we start with doing?

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Prisons are “fundamentally unjust”, requiring a “radical overhaul, starting with a swingeing reduction in the number of people we imprison”

59
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Arguing for the total abolition of prisons is thought to be a hopelessly x goal?

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Utopian goal

60
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What are two problems of non-reformist reforms?

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  • Problems caused by the ageing prison population
  • Problems caused by overcrowding

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