TY - JOUR
AU - Casey, Ryan
AU - McNeill, Fergus
AU - Barkas, Betsy
AU - Cornish, Neil
AU - Gormley, Caitlin
AU - Schinkel, Marguerite
PY - 2021
DA - December
TI - Pervasive punishment in a pandemic
JO - Probation Journal
EP - 492
VL - 68
IS - 4
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02645505211050871
AB - In this paper, we draw on data from a recent study of how Covid-19 and related restrictions impacted on vulnerable and/or marginalised populations in Scotland (Armstrong and Pickering, 2020), including justice-affected people (i.e. people in prison and under supervision, their families and those that work with them; see Gormley et al., 2020). Focusing here mainly on interviews with people released from prison and others under community-based criminal justice supervision, we explore how the pandemic impacted on their experiences. Reflecting upon and refining previous analyses of how supervision is experienced as ‘pervasive punishment’ ( McNeill, 2019), we suggest that both the pandemic and public health measures associated with its suppression have changed the ‘pains’ and ‘gains’ of supervision ( Hayes, 2015), in particular, by exacerbating the ‘suspension’ associated with it. We conclude by discussing the implications of our findings for the pursuit of justice in the recovery from Covid-19.
PB - SAGE Publications
UR - http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/252480/
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER