COVID-19 and the New Pains of Imprisonment

Veronica L Horowitz, Synøve N Andersen, Jordan M Hyatt
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As the COVID-19 pandemic upended life worldwide, prisons gained attention as epicentres for the virus. The focus was primarily on infections and death rates, often omitting the impact on incarcerated people. This study draws on semi-structured interviews (n = 58) with men imprisoned throughout the pandemic. Using and extending classic and contemporary theorizations of ‘the pains of imprisonment’, we find that official pandemic responses meant that (1) new, pandemic-related pains developed, (2) established pains changed in severity and took new manifestations, and (3) pains were experienced simultaneously and interactively. Thus, the pandemic amplified, diversified and compounded the pains of imprisonment. While most visible in the context of a large-scale crisis, these concepts provide an expanded, broadly applicable framing for future carceral scholarship.
COVID-19 和监禁的新痛苦
随着 COVID-19 大流行在全球范围内的蔓延,监狱作为病毒的集中地受到了关注。关注的焦点主要集中在感染率和死亡率上,而往往忽略了对被监禁者的影响。本研究利用半结构式访谈(n = 58),采访了在整个大流行期间被监禁的男性。通过对经典和当代 "监禁之痛 "理论的运用和延伸,我们发现官方的大流行病应对措施意味着:(1)新的、与大流行病相关的痛苦产生了;(2)既有痛苦的严重程度发生了变化,并有了新的表现形式;(3)痛苦被同时体验并相互作用。因此,大流行病扩大了监禁的痛苦,并使之多样化和复杂化。虽然这些概念在大规模危机的背景下最为明显,但它们为未来的监禁研究提供了一个扩展的、广泛适用的框架。
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