2. Communicating Badly: Prisons as Morally Communicative Institutions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. 1. Punishing Rape: Feminisms and the Carceral Conversation 1
5. 2. Communicating Badly: Prisons as Morally Communicative Institutions 11
6. 3. Distorting Institutions: Structuring the Moral Dialogue 33
7. 4. Managing Guilt: Living as a “Sex Offender” in Prison 58
8. 5. Maintaining Innocence: Contesting Guilt and Challenging Imprisonment 87
9. 6. Moralizing Boundaries: Staff-Prisoner Relationships and the Communication of Difference 103
10. 7. Denying Community: Social Relationships and the Dangers of Acknowledgment 126
11. 8. Judging Prisons: The Limitations and Excesses of Denunciatory Punishment 145
12. Notes 157
13. References 177
14. Index 197