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    Bridging the gap between reformists and abolitionists: can non-reformist reforms guide the work of prison inspectorates?

    Lamble, Sarah (2022) Bridging the gap between reformists and abolitionists: can non-reformist reforms guide the work of prison inspectorates? World Prison Brief ,

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    Abstract

    Dr Sarah Lamble is a Reader in Criminology and Queer Theory at the School of Law, Birkbeck and researches issues of gender, sexuality and imprisonment, as well as alternative forms of justice. Sarah is an organiser with Abolitionist Futures (link is external)and a founding member of the Bent Bars Project(link is external), which coordinates a letter-writing programme for LGBTQ prisoners in Britain. Here, Sarah reflects on Justice Edwin Cameron’s recent ICPR annual lecture, titled: 'Do prisons work? If not, do prisons inspectorates do more harm than good?’, applying the concept of ‘non-reformist’ reforms. This term, coined by Austrian philosopher André Gorz with reference to political economy, was further developed by prison abolitionists Thomas Mathieson and Angela Davis.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): prisons, reform, abolition, inequality
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
    Depositing User: Sarah Lamble
    Date Deposited: 19 Dec 2022 14:36
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 18:16
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/48239

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