Death, trauma and grief: the case of the prison

IF 0.7 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Mortality Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI:10.1080/13576275.2023.2169115

J. Sim

引用次数: 1

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper critically analyses deaths in prison in England and Wales. It focuses on how the state’s ‘truth’ about the nature and extent of these deaths has been challenged and develops an alternative perspective which situates these deaths in the context of a system built on violence and systemic indifference and where state agents are protected by a culture of immunity and impunity. It also illustrates the often-abysmal treatment of the families of dead prisoners and the struggles they have engaged in, alongside the charity INQUEST 1 , to establish the actual truth about the deaths of their relatives and to hold to account those responsible for these deaths, many of which were preventable. The paper concludes by outlining a range of radical alternatives to the current baleful situation including humanising prisoners and removing the stigma of less eligibility which has prevailed for 200 years and has legitimated the pain and punishment inflicted on them by the state.

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死亡、创伤和悲伤：监狱案例

摘要本文对英格兰和威尔士监狱中的死亡事件进行了批判性分析。它关注的是国家关于这些死亡的性质和程度的“真相”是如何受到挑战的，并发展了一种替代视角，将这些死亡置于一个建立在暴力和系统性冷漠基础上的体系中，国家特工受到豁免和有罪不罚文化的保护。它还说明了死亡囚犯家属经常受到的恶劣待遇，以及他们与慈善机构INQUEST 1一起为确定其亲属死亡的实际真相并追究这些死亡的责任而进行的斗争，其中许多死亡是可以预防的。该文件最后概述了一系列激进的替代方案，以应对当前的恶劣局面，包括使囚犯人性化，消除200年来普遍存在的资格较低的污名多年来，并使国家对他们施加的痛苦和惩罚合法化。

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来源期刊

Mortality Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies

CiteScore

1.80

自引率

12.50%

发文量

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