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The Ambiguous Nature of Prison Security. A Socio-Anthropological Discussion

This lecture is part of an interdisciplinary colloquium on "Insecurity" organized by Dr. Christian Panitz (Department of Psychology) and the Departments of Business and Economics, Medicine, History and Cultural Studies and Social Sciences and Philosophy. The colloquium is sponsored by "UMR vernetzt".

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Understanding security within a prison environment implies the observation of a complex phenomenon: on the one hand, inmates are defined as agents of insecurity, insofar as they are the authors of criminal acts, which to the outside world represent everything that is perceived as a threat in terms of the law, order and general well-being. On the other hand, the prison is often characterised as a space riddled with fear, uncertainty and insecurity, manifest in the everyday life of prisons. Based on fieldwork in ten Portuguese male and female prisons, I explore the meaning attributed to security from inmates’ perspectives and discourses. This analysis allows us to expand and deepen our understanding of the significance of security within a population that is often excluded from this discussion, albeit invariably related with it.

Online-Link: https://uni-marburg.webex.com/uni-marburg/j.php?MTID=m0b3eb182baccc94ef5275fe58f8ebdb0 (Passwort: Ambiguous)