Prisoners and Prisons (Panel 3 of 3)

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

Three panels bring together state of the art scholarship on prisoners and prison, highlighting a series of papers that will be published in a thematic volume of Crime and Justice in late 2022. Panel 3 features three papers highlighting different aspects of prison life and the effects of incarceration and drug use and treatment on incarcerated people, families, and communities. Largely taking a U.S. focus, the authors foreground the profound immediate and long-term effects of incarceration on people and communities. Paper one, drawing on US and comparative research and data, examines the prevalence of drug use by people sentenced to imprisonment before, during, and after their prison terms and knowledge concerning the effectiveness of drug treatment during and after imprisonment. Paper two highlights the effects of incarceration on incarcerated people, including long-term economic and social ramifications. Paper three foregrounds the effects of incarceration on families and communities and highlights four conceptual and methodological problems with the state of scholarship to date.

Sub Unit

• Area VI. The Criminal Justice System / 48. Jails & Prisons

Individual Presentations

• Drug Use Disorders Among Imprisoned Populations and Their Implications In-Prison and During Reentry - Ojmarrh Mitchell, Arizona State University

• The Effects of Imprisonment at a Time of Mass Incarceration - Katherine Beckett, University of Washington; Allison Goldberg, University of Washington

• The effects of incarceration on family and community life - Sara Wakefield, Rutgers University

Chair

• Sandra Bucerius, University of Alberta