Insider Prison Perspectives in Europe and the Americas

Andreas (Andy) Aresti is a Reader in criminology at the University of Westminster, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam.Sacha Darke is Reader in Criminology at University of Westminster, where he is course leader for MA Global Criminology, Affiliated Professor, Postgraduate Programme in Criminological Studies, State University of Maranhão, and Visiting Lecturer in Law, University of São Paulo.

• FOREWORDGrant Tietjen, Ph.D.1. Introducing Convict Criminology at WestminsterAndreas Aresti, Sacha Darke and Ranjit Nankani2. The Early Origins of Convict Criminology in the United States (and Canada)Jeffrey Ian Ross Part I – Prisoner-University Partnerships in Western Europe and South America3. Doing Time, Doing Research: Notes from a CC experimentElton Kalica, Alessandro Maculan and Francesca Vianello4. Prisoner to University Pipeline Projects across Italy and the United KingdomAndreas Aresti and Lucrezia Sperolini5. Another Vision: Promoting Prisoner Perspectives in Public and Scientific DebatesKarina Biondi and Francisco Lopes de Magalhães Filho6. Rethinking Incarceration: GDUCC, New Route and Convict CriminologyAndreas Aresti, Sérgio Salomão Shecaira, Izabella Araujo Bezerra da Silva, and Laleska Walder7. Navigating Academic co-production between Inside and Outside LearnersSedick Abdul-Rahman, Ranjit Nankani and Ella Walsh8. Silent Censorship and the Challenges of the Prison AcademySacha Darke, David Hinde and Petra JovanovicPart II – Hope and Survival9. Maintaining Hope During Life-Sentence ImprisonmentAisha Bint Faisal, Sacha Darke, Carl Gordon, Ranjit Nankani and Rachel O’Connor10. If This Isn’t Crime, I Don’t Know What is: Health and Solidarity in São Paulo PrisonsKarina Biondi, Francisco Lopes de Magalhães Filho and Walkyria Biondi Lopes de Magalhães Filho11. The Struggle for Survival in Brazilian prisonsRenata Souza Almeida, Sacha Darke, Jairton Ferraz Junior, and Tobias Martins da SilvaPart III – Autonomy and Responsibility12. Breaking the Glass: Higher Education, Research and Writing in Argentine PrisonsGastón Brossio and Juan Pablo Parchuc13. Nurturing Autonomy: Reconceptualising systems of security categorization for long-term prisonersMark Alexander and Beatrice Auty14. The Purpose of Open Prisons: A Collaborative Policy Evaluation Mark Alexander, Katharina Ammerer and Stuart AndrewsPart IV – Reforming prison15. How HMP Sentence Reviews Can Improve the Rehabilitation of Those Who Offended as Young AdultsAndreas Aresti, Junior Glasgow, Moses Mathias, Muzzaker Shah and Ella Walsh16. Convict Criminology Policy Report:A critical analysis of the ‘mixed regime’ at HMP Five WellsLachlan Dorey, Victoria Lebrec, Jamil Sekyanzi and Louis Vickers17. Addressing the Discrepancies of the Rehabilitative IdealGeraldine Akerman, and Omar Lobban18. Responding to Epistemic Injustice: Building Collective Representation from Prisoner Groups to Lead Liberation WorkPaula HarriottPart V – Inside-Out Student Reflections19. Studying Convict Criminology with University of WestminsterJosé Aguiar, Femi Laryea-Adekimi and Brendon McMullan20. Peer-to-Peer Academic MentoringPetra Jovanovic, Rachel O’Connor and Ella Walsh21. Transformative Tales: Working as Teaching AssistantsJairton Ferraz Junior and Lucrezia Sperolini

‘Convict criminology is the OG of the lived experience movement that is reshaping criminal legal systems internationally. Without the contributions of the convict criminologists, there would be no movement. Drawing on vivid case studies from the United Kingdom, Italy, the United States, Argentina and Brazil, this exciting collection tells the improbable story of convict criminology’s ascendancy against the run of play, in a time of perpetual crisis across penal systems globally. Achievements like these give credence to Margaret Mead’s cliché about never doubting the ability of “small groups of thoughtful, committed citizens” to change the world. One small amendment though: this inspirational book shows that social movements of the civically disenfranchised can change the way societies do justice even after the civil death of incarceration. Indeed, they may be the only thing that ever has.’Shadd Maruna, Head of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Liverpool, UK.‘Convict Criminology was founded by a small group of scholars with a shared vision of infusing lived experience into a field that often spoke about them but never with them. Insider Prison Perspectives in Europe and the Americas demonstrates how that vision has transformed beyond our wildest imaginations. This edited volume offers an insider view of a growing global collective of criminalized scholars and their allies on a mission to educate and empower incarcerated people. A must read for anyone interested in returning humanity to criminology.’Jennifer Ortiz, Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, The College of New Jersey, USA.