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Portable Prisons

- Electronic Monitoring and the Creation of Carceral Territory

About Portable Prisons

Portable Prisons is an exploration of the electronic monitoring of offenders based on an ethnographic case study from Scotland. Through interviews and observations, Gacek demonstrates this technology is representative of the carceral state's overreaching punitive capabilities, rejecting the idea that "soft" punishment is related to decarceration.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780228008286
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 200
  • Published:
  • January 14, 2022
  • Dimensions:
  • 228x152x16 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 300 g.
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Description of Portable Prisons

Portable Prisons is an exploration of the electronic monitoring of offenders based on an ethnographic case study from Scotland. Through interviews and observations, Gacek demonstrates this technology is representative of the carceral state's overreaching punitive capabilities, rejecting the idea that "soft" punishment is related to decarceration.

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