Carceral Citizens - Caroline M. Parker

Carceral Citizens

Labor and Confinement in Puerto Rico
Buch | Softcover
176 Seiten
2025
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-83623-2 (ISBN)
29,90 inkl. MwSt
A nuanced take on how carceral expansions are changing labor and social life.
 
In Carceral Citizens, anthropologist Caroline M. Parker offers an ethnographic portrait of therapeutic communities in Puerto Rico, the oldest colony in the Americas. As nonprofits nested within the carceral state, therapeutic communities serve as reeducation and recovery centers for the mostly male drug offenders who serve out their sentences engaged in manual labor and prayer. The most surprising aspect of these centers, however, is that their “graduates” often remain long after the completion of their term, working as self-appointed peer counselors in a mixture of volunteer and low-wage positions.
 
Parker seeks to explain this dynamic by showing how, in these therapeutic communities, criminalized men find new and meaningful ways of living in the shadow of the prison. Through their participation in the day-to-day functioning of the centers, they discover and cultivate alternative forms of belonging, livelihood, and citizenship, despite living within the restrictions of the carceral state. Situating her study against the backdrop of Puerto Rico’s colonial history, and with findings that extend across Latin America, Parker challenges common assumptions about confinement, labor, and rehabilitation. By delving into lives shaped by the convergence of imperialism, the carceral state, and self-help, she offers a fresh understanding of the transformations of labor and social life brought about by mass incarceration.

Caroline M. Parker is a lecturer in anthropology at University College London.

Introduction
1. The Economy of Penance
2. The Voluntary Face of the Carceral State
3. The Carceral Monastery
4. Crimeless Confinement
Conclusion: An Exile’s Belonging

Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 5 halftones
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 454 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-226-83623-1 / 0226836231
ISBN-13 978-0-226-83623-2 / 9780226836232
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