EAN: 9781349849932

PALGRAVE STUDIES IN PRISONS AND PENOLOGY LIFE...

This book analyses the experiences of prisoners in England & Wales sentenced when relatively
young to very long life sentences (with minimum terms of fifteen years or more). Based on a
major study  including almost 150 interviews with men and women at various sentence stages and
over 300 surveys  it explores the ways in which long-term prisoners respond to their
convictions  adapt to the various challenges that they encounter and re-construct their lives
within and beyond the prison. Focussing on such matters as personal identity  relationships
with family and friends  and the management of time  the book argues that long-term
imprisonment entails a profound confrontation with the self. It provides detailed insight into
how such prisoners deal with the everyday burdens of their situation  feelings of injustice 
anger and shame  and the need to find some sense of hope  control and meaning in their lives.
In doing so  it exposes the nature and consequences of the life-changing terms of imprisonment
that have become increasingly common in recent years.

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