Full Description
VOLUME 34, Number 1 (2025) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons on "Emotions and the Affective Politics of Incarceration" edited by Jennifer M. Kilty (University of Ottawa), Rachel Fayter (Carleton University) and Justin Piché (University of Ottawa). In addition to articles on the emotions, affect and imprisonment, this edition of the journal includes a call for contributions for the 50th edition of Prisoners' Justice Day, book reviews, and artwork by Steel Door Studios (https://steeldoorstudios.com).
Contents
INTRODUCTION FROM THE ISSUE EDITORS
Feeling the Carceral: Emotions and the Aff ective Politics of Incarceration
Jennifer M. Kilty, Rachel Fayter and Justin Piché
ARTICLES
Emotional Perspectives from Carceral Spaces and Beyond
Ronnice Giscombe, Wes Guzylak, Ogo Esenwah, Varina Gurdyal and Nadia Judunath
Education, Gossip and Social Carcerality: Contesting the Liminal Spaces Between Incarcerated Body and Incarcerated Mind
Billie Cates and Gerty B.
À fl eur de peau: An In-depth Look at Two Strategies of Handling Emotion in French Prisons
Y.E., Hannah Davis and H.W.
The Power of Meaning
Star Morrison
A PAWSitive Connection
Todd Ramsum
Emotions Are Ours as Humans: The No Apology, Apology
Cathee
Prison is a Trap
K WooDZ
RESPONSE
Carceral Power and Emotions: A Refl ection
Kevin Walby
PRISONERS' STRUGGLES
Call for Contributions: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Prisoners' Justice Day
Abolition Coalition
BOOK REVIEWS
The Sentences That Create Us: Crafting a Writer's Life in Prison by Caits Meissner (2022)
Chicago: Haymarket Books, 339 pp.
Reviewed by David Morales Zenquis
The Prisoner Society: Power, Adaptation and Social Life in an English Prison by Ben Crewe (2009)
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 519 pp.
Reviewed by Mohammad Jahirul Islam
Out to Defend Ourselves: A History of Montreal's First Haitian Street Gang by Maxime Aurélien and Ted Rutland (2023)
Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 170 pp.
Reviewed by Sacha Alfonzo V
Divide and Conquer: Race, Gangs, Identity and Conflict by Robert D. Weide (2022)
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 284 pp.
Reviewed by Gary J. Kowaluk
Available Titles and Call for Book Reviews
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons
UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUES - CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Profiling and Carceral States / Les profilages et les états carcéral
Justin Piché and Sandra Lehalle / Observatoire des profi lages
P4W 25 Years Later: Memory, Art and Action
Linda Mussell, Rachel Fayter and Wendy Johanne Bariteau
COVER ART
"Blue Boy" (front cover)
Steel Door Studios
2024
"Blue Boy 4" (back cover)
Steel Door Studios
2024
