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Introduction -- Life in prison: Journal of a prisoner / David Lightner. Surviving rape in prison / Michael J. Carlson. A suicide in prison / Jens Soering. Inside Canada's Federal Prison for Women / Ann Hanson -- Prison guards, staff, and volunteers: The joys of teaching in jail / Lynn Olcott. Correction officers can make a difference / C. Shawn Sapriken. A day in the life of a prison guard in training / Ted Conover. The rewarding work of a prison activist / Jackie Katounas. Volunteering at a woman's prison / Lauren Rooker -- Prisoners' family members: Mother's Day in prison / Amanda Coyne. Coping with a father in prison / Ronnie O'Sullivan, as interviewed by Lucy Keenan. Reflections by a son of two inmates / Chesa Boudin

Scholarship on prison masculinities to date has primarily centered on the most revered, dominant, or hegemonic forms, with little attention to how subordinated prisoners negotiate masculinities at the bottom of prisoner hierarchies. This article, drawing from a wider qualitative study on "revolving door" imprisonment, charts the shift from normative to subordinate masculinity for a group of men housed in a segregated Vulnerable Prisoner Unit (VPU) in an English prison. I show how these men, influenced by their previous prison status and criminal history, adopted different—more costly and high-risk—situationally adaptive strategies in negotiating their masculinities at the bottom of prison hierarchies. Exploring their subordinated prison identities reveals the dynamic, relational, fragile, and spatial elements of their masculinities. I conclude by suggesting that a greater focus on subordinated carceral masculinities adds a much-needed divergence from the preoccupation with hegemonic or dominant prison masculinities. This divergence offers researchers a new opportunity to shape and to inform policy debates on how, in extreme environments like the prison, alternative ways of "being a man" might be opened up to those who have suffered at the most brutal end of prison hierarchies.

This paper finds qualified support for the use of Skarbek's (2011, 2014) governance theory to understand the emergence of prison gang-like groups in Kyrgyzstan, Northern Ireland and Brazil. However, Skarbek's (2011, 2014) governance theory has little to say about how many prison gangs emerge and how they organise comparatively outside the US context. This paper argues that variation in the number of gangs and their monopolization of informal governance can only be explained by considering importation and deprivation theories alongside governance theories. These theories factor in variation in prison environments and pre-existing societal divisions imported into prison, which affect the costs on information transmission and incentives for gang expansion. In particular, the paper pays particular attention to the wider role social and political processes play in influencing whether monopoly power by prison gangs is supported and legitimized or not.

Finding free exercise of religion overridden by prison needs -- Declaring excessive physical force in a prison setting unconstitutional -- Upholding noncapital prison sentences under three-strikes laws -- Applying the prisoner right of habeas corpus to guant

Prison gangs are a growing problem in prisons. In recent times, Skarbek's (2011, 2014) governance theory has become increasingly popular in explaining their emergence. Yet, this theory downplays the role that deprivation and importation theories can play in understanding the emergence and behaviour of these gangs. This chapter seeks to address this shortcoming by demonstrating how the inclusion of these theories, alongside the governance theory, can enhance our understanding of prison gang emergence and when gang fragmentation or consolidation may occur. Drawing on research conducted in the US and beyond, this chapter argues that a holistic understanding of prison gangs and their monopolisation of power requires a consideration of the importation and deprivation theories, together with Skarbek's (2011, 2014) governance theory. Special attention is paid to the wider role political and social processes may play in influencing whether monopoly power by prison gangs is supported and legitimised or not.

1. Introduction -- PART I: Prison Officer Interpretations and Performances of Power and Authority -- 2. The moral value of authority: Reflections on the work of prison officers -- 3. Ukrainian prison officers and their power -- 4. French prison officers' legal socialization: 'The law, yes; prisoners' rights, no' -- 5. Proxy governance in (post) colonial prisons: When prison officers delegate power to prisoners -- PART II: Prison Officer Identities and Workplace Cultures -- 6. Dirty work and beyond: Representations of Prison Officers in Prison Films -- 7. "It's a very clannish type of job": Entitativity and identity in prison officers' occupational cultures and identities -- 8. 'Friendly but not friends' or 'Never trust the bastards'? Staff-prisoner interaction styles in Australia and Norway. 9. "It is important to be a prison officer and have trade union back up": Exploring trade union membership within the Scottish Prison Service -- 10. The prison officer in post-soviet Russia -- PART III: Implications of Prison Policy and Management for the Role of Prison Officers -- 11. "Prison officers should be treated fairly": Perceptions and experiences of fairness among prison officers in Ghana -- 12. Do risk-reducing measures only reduce risk? Prison officer work with risk-reducing measures in the imprisonment of a high-risk prisoner -- 13. Farewell to exceptionalism: An analysis of Swedish prisons officers' attitudes towards prison policy, organisation, and their occupational role in 2009 and 2019 -- 14. The role of prison officers in transforming prisoners' lives in Hong Kong -- 15. Locating Prison Officers in the prison reforms discourse: Insights from India -- PART IV: Working Conditions and Prison Officer Well-Being -- 16. The well-being of correctional officers in Canada -- 17. Fear and perceived risk among correctional officers -- 18. Prison Officers and their Work Routine in Brazilian Prisons -- 19. Conclusion: Towards a new research agenda to analyse the contemporary prison officer role.