Colonial Systems of Control: Criminal Justice in Nigeria

Saleh-Hanna, Viviane

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“…As Nigerian criminologists Uche et al (2015: 165) note dryly, the colonial-built prisons, where most people still reside, "were not designed for reformation or rehabilitation rather prisons were intended to be punitive." "Native" criminals during the colonial era were the subjects of intense control (Saleh-Hanna, 2008a).…”

Section: Humanitarianism In the Shadow Of Colonialism: Rethinking Pun...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The international donor community has been pursuing "justice" as one of its key targets for at least a decade (Piron, 2005;Saleh-Hanna, 2008a;Agier, 2011). In the funding models of these agencies, penal power becomes intricately linked to humanitarianism; one of several outputs and measures of reform.…”

Section: Humanitarianism In the Shadow Of Colonialism: Rethinking Pun...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Penal Humanitarianism? Sovereign Power in an Era of Mass Migration

Bosworth¹

2017

New Criminal Law Review

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Since creating the Returns and Reintegration Fund in 2008, the British government has financed a variety of initiatives around the world under the rubric of “managing migration,” blurring the boundaries between migration control and punishment. This article documents and explores a series of overlapping case studies undertaken in Nigeria and Jamaica where the United Kingdom has funded prison building programs, mandatory prisoner transfer agreements, prison training programs, and resettlement assistance for deportees. These initiatives demonstrate in quite concrete ways a series of interconnections between criminal justice and migration control that are both novel and, in their postcolonial location, familiar. In their ties to international development and foreign policy, they also illuminate how humanitarianism allows penal power to move beyond the nation state, raising important questions about our understanding of punishment and its application.

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Section: Humanitarianism In the Shadow Of Colonialism: Rethinking Pun...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Humanitarianism In the Shadow Of Colonialism: Rethinking Pun...mentioning

confidence: 99%