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Couscous in Tilburg Prison: Food Narratives and the Quality of Prison Life in a Belgian-Dutch Prison Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Digitalisation in prison : an exploratory study of living and working in prisons in Belgium Universiteit Gent
Background: Prisons in Belgium are increasingly affected by the digital turn, which challenges living and working in it. Initiatives include e-learning, in-cell telephone, and a video call-project. Newly opened prisons in Belgium even run a digital platformfor prisoners, called PrisonCloud. So far, research studying digitalisation in prison is scarce. The aim of this research is therefore to assess how prisoners’ access to and use of digital ...
Prison Food Identity, Meaning, Practices, and Symbolism in European Prisons Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Based on the lived experiences of incarcerated persons and staff, this book explores the symbolic significance of prison foodways to normalization, autonomy, identity construction, power, group formation and security. The book also traces the rationalization(s) that policy makers attach to prison food, from the water and bread diet of the 18th century, the contested abolition of alcohol consumption, to the current fear surrounding the spread of ...
Dilemmas behind bars: A realist evaluation of an ethics training program for prison officers in two Belgian prisons KU Leuven
In this doctoral dissertation, the researcher will carry out an evaluation of an integrity program aimed at improving the ethical behavior of staff involved in the criminal justice system. Integrity programs are increasingly designed and adopted by organizations in various sectors and aim at tackling unethical behavior and stimulating ethical behavior of managers and employees of the organization. Such integrity programs can consist of various ...
Europe in Prisons: Assessing the Impact of European Institutions on National Prison Systems KU Leuven
This volume explores the role that European institutions have come to play in regulating national prisons systems. The authors introduce and contribute to advancing a new research agenda in international penology (‘Europe in prisons’) which complements the conventional comparative approach (‘prisons in Europe’). The chapters examine the impact – if any – that institutions such as the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman ...
Foreign national and ethnic minority prisoners’ participation in formally organized occupations in prisons: A scoping review Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
This scoping review investigated foreign national and ethnic minority prisoners’ participation in formally organized occupations (prison activities) such as active citizenship, healthcare and treatment, leisure time, and reintegration occupations. It aimed to: (1) map available studies on both groups of prisoners’ participation in these occupations within prisons, and (2) evaluate existing research topics on participation and types of ...
Locking out emotions in locking up older prisoners? Emotional labour of Belgian prison officers and prison nurses Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This contribution looks at the emotional labour of prison professionals in the wake of an increasing number of older adults populating this institution. The rationale behind this selective focus is twofold. Firstly, the topic of ageing behind bars has only received scant attention, even though this phenomenon is also increasingly penetrating prison walls. Secondly, little attention has been paid to the performance of emotional labour by ...
Foreign National Prisoners in Flanders (Belgium): Motivations and Barriers to Participation in Prison Programmes Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
This exploratory study examines the experiences of foreign national prisoners and the motivations and barriers to their participation in prison programmes (e.g. educational courses, use of the prison library, prison work, sociocultural activities, sports). Data are derived from 15 individual interviews with foreign national prisoners in two Belgian prisons. During the interviews the strengths-based approach of Appreciative Inquiry was used. ...
Barriers to prisoner participation in educational courses : insights from a remand prison in Belgium Universiteit Gent
This article examines the profile of prisoners who do not take part in formal education while being incarcerated (e.g. language or ICT courses) and the barriers to participation these prisoners experience. Survey data were collected as part of a research project conducted in a remand prison in Belgium (n = 486). The results demonstrate that 29% of the prisoners take part in educational courses and that participation rates are lower among Belgian ...