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Reflections on the TerrFerme Colloque: Prisons, Paradoxes and Interpretation
The recent colloquium (16-19 October 2013) organised by the TerrFerme research group in Pessac, Bordeaux, was both a hugely enjoyable and convivial event, and a real eye-opener to the fascinating and...
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Carceral Geography at the AAG 2014: Historical Geographies of Prisons and...
Karen Morin and I have coorganised two themed sessions at the forthcoming Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in April, in Tampa, FL, USA. Entitled “Historical Geographies of...
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Prison Life: Inside and Out – Event at the University of Birmingham 19 March...
Prison Life: Inside and Out This event, part of the University of Birmingham’s Arts & Science Festival 2014 showcases multi-disciplinary research exploring aspects of prison life – ranging from...
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Research and the Relations between Prison and Detention: ESRC Seminar 20th...
By bringing together a range of established academics, early-career academics, postgraduates, practitioners, artists, activists and former detainees this seminar series will investigate the ways in...
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How do U.S. states’ use of the prison compare globally? New infographic from...
Many thanks to Leah Sakala from Prison Policy Initiative for alerting me to their newest report. This report is the first to directly situate individual U.S. states’ incarceration practices in the...
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Sharing cells and prison crowding – managing carceral space
The recent announcement from the UK Justice Secretary Chris Grayling that dozens of already full prisons would have to accommodate more inmates because the prison population is growing faster than...
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Forthcoming book: Historical Geographies of Prisons: Unlocking the Usable...
Karen Morin and I are excited to announce that our new edited volume is forthcoming with Routledge, in their new Historical Geography series. This book, Historical Geographies of Prisons: Unlocking the...
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Call for Papers: Carceral Geography at the Association of American...
Papers are invited, on diverse aspects of carceral geography, for the Association of American Geographers annual conference, to be held in Chicago in April 2015 Session organisers: Jennifer Turner...
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Special issue on Peruvian prisons
Thank you to Stephanie Campos for alerting me to the publication of a special issue of Bulletin de l’Institut Francais d’Etudes Andines about imprisonent in Peru. Stephanie’s own paper (in English)...
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Extended deadline: CFP for Carceral Geography at the Chicago AAG 2015
***note deadline extended to 10th October*** Papers are invited, on diverse aspects of carceral geography, for the Association of American Geographers annual conference, to be held in Chicago in April...
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Potential Carceral Geography research group – survey
Following a series of successful sessions at recent conferences of the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers and Association of American Geographers, and in particular, sessions...
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New special issue of Geographica Helvetica on carceral geography
Jen Turner, postdoctoral researcher on the Prison Design project, has guest edited a terrific special issue of the open-access geography journal Geographica Helvetica, which will be of interest to all...
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Call for Chapters: Carceral Mobilities
Call for Chapters: Carceral Mobilities Jennifer Turner and Kimberley Peters have been invited by Routledge to submit a proposal for an edited collection on the theme of Carceral Mobilities. They would...
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Carceral Geography at the AAG, Chicago IL, 2015
Carceral Geographers attending the AAG meeting in Chicago, IL next Spring should have plenty to keep their attention. Jen Turner and Dominique Moran have put together a series of linked sessions which...
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New book: “Carceral Geography: Spaces and Practices of Incarceration”
My new book ‘Carceral Geography: Spaces and Practices of Incarceration’ is now out with Ashgate. The ‘punitive turn’ has brought about new ways of thinking about geography and the state, and has...
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Curious connections… design and punishment at the Tower of London
Basking in evening sunshine and thronged with tourists, the Tower of London looked anything but the forbidding fortress and feared prison that had earned it a fearsome reputation. However, thanks to...
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New book – Historical Geographies of Prisons: Unlocking the Usable Carceral Past
Karen Morin and I are delighted to announce that the new edited collection Historical Geographies of Prisons: Unlocking the Usable Carceral Past will shortly be published by Routledge. Conceived of...
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Carceral Geography at the AAG Chicago 2015 – Final Line-Ups!
Those attending the AAG in Chicago are very welcome at any or all of the seven sessions on carceral geography that will span the first and second days of the conference. Final details are: 1141...
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Carceral Geographies at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American...
by Jen Turner The recent meeting of the AAG was a very fruitful event for those interested in carceral geographies, with some of the offerings in the sub-discipline comprising of the six paper sessions...
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Carceral Geography Conferencing
2016/17 brings new opportunities for discussion and development in carceral geography! Hoping to continue in the tradition of a strong presence of research in carceral geography at American Association...
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