Date de publication
Géographie
Langue de la ressource
Texte disponible en version intégrale
Open Access / OK to Reproduce
Évalué par des pairs
L’objectif
We examine surveillant functions of the Prison Needle Exchange Programs (PNEPs) through the first-hand experiences of thirty former prisoners who were incarcerated at one of the prisons with such a program.
Constatations/points à retenir
As a whole, the PNEP model implemented in Canada, and the practices that undergird it, target people who use drugs for increased surveillance, resulting in extremely low rates of program enrollment despite pervasive drug use in prison, and undermining access to an essential health care service to which prisoners are entitled. The study findings point to novel forms of carceral surveillance that enmesh observational, technological, and bureaucratic practices, and demonstrate how prisoner health and therapeutic objectives can be subsumed by securitarian logics.
La conception ou méthodologie de recherche
Interviews (n=30)
