Strip Searches in the Supreme Court — Prisons and Public Health

Annas, George J.

doi:10.1056/nejmhle1205592

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“…. It’s no way in the world he’s getting the spaghetti out my pants!” Turning the tables on the power dynamic for which the prison search policies were created, which constructed the inmate as victim and the CO as perpetrator (Annas, 2012; Nader & Pasdach, 2010), women used their knowledge of inmate rights to resist these roles.…”

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Making Fatty Girl Cakes

Smoyer

2015

The Prison Journal

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This article builds on existing knowledge of inmate resistance by analyzing formerly incarcerated women's narratives about prison food. Participants described trying to secure extra cafeteria portions, hoarding food, smuggling and stealing food, and cooking and eating in the cells-all to resist prison power and gain some control over their lives by managing what, how, when, and with whom they ate. These data shed light on prison life and suggest changes to food policy to curb inmate resistance and bolster the rehabilitative potential of correctional facilities.

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Making Fatty Girl Cakes

Smoyer

2015

The Prison Journal

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“…Scholarship has primarily described prison as having a detrimental effect on inmate identity, beginning with Clemmer's () work about the prisonisation of incarcerated people and Goffman's () theory about the mortification of self that occurs when individuals enter into prison and all traces of their former selves are stripped away. The lack of autonomy in prison and strict rules erode adult identities while institutional practices (for example, body searches, discipline) can be mechanisms of humiliation and degradation for incarcerated people that produce negative mental health outcomes (Annas ; Haney ; Rowe ).…”

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Good and Healthy: Foodways and Construction of Identity in a Women's Prison

Smoyer¹

2014

Howard J Crim Justice

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The construction of non-criminogenic identities is associated with criminal desistance. This article explores the ways in which women use prison foodways to try to construct positive identities and the impact of correctional policy on these efforts. Formerly-incarcerated women were interviewed about the acquisition, preparation, distribution, and consumption of food in prison. In these narratives, women used their prison food practices in an attempt to construct themselves as 'good' and 'healthy'. Stories showcased their capacity for friendship, empathy, self-care, and recovery. However, these positive identities were destabilised by prison rules and unhealthy food choices. Prison policies should be reviewed to promote inmates' efforts to construct these positive characteristics.

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“…2 There is virtually no chance that the US Supreme Court would change this ruling, or that it would provide for more medical privacy for ICE detainees than for any other category of prisoner/detainee. 3…”

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