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Punishment - Coggle Diagram

- - - - imprisonment of members of WC neutralises opposition
      - imprisonment of underclass takes worst of capitalism out of sight
      - by defining individuals as responsible, we ignore failings of the system that lead to the conditions of crime
    - - 10% of men and 30% of women have had psychiatric admission before being imprisoned
      - 48% of prisoners are at or below the expected reading age of an 11 year old
      - 71% of children in custody have been involved with social services before entering custody
    - - recent shift in attitudes towards punishment
      - states primary concern is reassuring public that crime is being stopped
      - done by being tough on crime
      - era of mass incarceration
  - - - places like mental asylums, prisons and concentration camps are total institutions
      - closed off to the outside world and inmates are under complete control
      - process of mortification of the self - removal of all individual identity
      - marks a clear separation between public and inmates
      - result of this is that they lose ability to function independently
- - - - aim to reduce feeling of being in prison - to increase normalcy
      - 4 key elements - normalcy / reintegration / humanity / dynamic security
  - - - prisoners incarcerated outside in extreme heat
      - have 'the hole' with 23 hours locked inside with no interactions
- - - - Birmingham private prison
      - riot started due to poor electricity/ poor food quality and inadequate health care