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Time and the Prison Experience[1]

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  • Azrini Wahidin

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Throughout the literature on time there has been an omission of the qualitative dimension of time in relation to the experience of time in different locales. This paper will explore the nature and role of time-use in prison. Based on intensive fieldwork in 8 male and female prison establishments, this article will explore the experiences of women and men aged 50 years and above, serving a custodial sentence and their relationship with time. The data draws from 90 semi-structured interviews. The aim of this paper is firstly to landscape time use in prison. Secondly, to show how time in prison is negotiated by the prisoners and finally, examine how outside time becomes more real as the transition from a closed to an open prison becomes more imminent.

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  • Azrini Wahidin, 2006. "Time and the Prison Experience[1]," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 11(1), pages 104-113, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:11:y:2006:i:1:p:104-113
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.1245
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