Comparative Penology

...that required the women to carefully navigate their structurally-circumscribed interactions with uniformed staff in ways that would be most beneficial – or least disadvantageous and risky – to them."

@daria_przblsk writes "in addition to being a reflection of who the women had been, who they currently were, and who they wanted or hoped to become, the choice between distance or closeness was a balancing act ...

Check out the fantastic new blog post 'Distance and closeness – negotiating ‘soft power’ in a women’s prison' by Daria Przybylska for the COMPEN blog here: compen.crim.cam.ac.uk/Blog/blog-post…

Read it here: compen.crim.cam.ac.uk/Blog/blog-page…

After a longer break we have a new blog post for you to enjoy - written by Line Dahler-Eriksen who did an internship with us at COMPEN writing about the process of coding and what she learned about institutionalised guilt in women's prisons in England and Wales.

@rachelrosetynan @Aidan_S_T @justitsdk @Julie_Laursen_ or @PScharffSmith might be able to respond to this!

@Aidan_S_T @justitsdk Can anyone at @Compen2020 help with this?

I have a new article out in @Pun_Soc on "Penal welfarism ‘gone global’? Comparing international criminal justice to (David Garland's) The Culture of Control" @JUSiOslo @yngreforskere @justice360cost #articleShareContainer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

Any researchers out there who have studied the experience of having a disability in prison? Staff or prisoners, all disabilities. Please retweet to help me find people - thank you.

New @Compen2020 blog post, reflecting on data coding, the challenges it brings and its role in the research process: compen.crim.cam.ac.uk/Blog/blog-post…

This blog post summarises our new @Compen2020 article: bit.ly/2JLmnHD. The article is about 'queueing' for imprisonment and the pains and possibilities people experience while they're waiting.

1,187 drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2018, an increase of 27% from 2017 and 107% higher than in 2008. Brutal. nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statist… THREAD on what colleagues and I feel can be done in the short to medium term to reverse this national crisis ⬇️

bit.ly/2KTsqf0 Is it a myth that women in Norwegian prisons are discriminated against? Ragnar Kristoffersen from KRUS argues that it is, on the @Compen2020 blog.

Our latest guest blog is by Ragnar Kristoffersen. 'Discrimination against women sentenced to prison in Norway is a myth'. You can read it here: bit.ly/2KTsqf0

Kjære advokater! Ring gjerne oss på juridisk fakultet når du har utredet et spennende juridisk problem som du ikke finner svar på. Dropp å ring når du har blitt skjelt ut av en pubansatt fordi du nektet å betale for shuffel boardet ditt, og lurer på om dette kan straffeforfølges.

Starting off the @Compen2020 conference - very exciting

@KateHerrity @ugelvik @crewebencrewe @ASchliehe @Julie_Laursen_ @MjalandKristian You will also be missed, @KateHerrity!

@Compen2020 @ugelvik @crewebencrewe @ASchliehe @Julie_Laursen_ @MjalandKristian We're also gutted to miss it! Currently stuck in Preston, which obviously rivals the Nordic Riviera for glamour...

It’s amazing to see it all come together in one special issue!!

If you want to hear more from John, he'll be speaking at the @Compen2020 conference in Kristiansand on 13-14 June. Sign up here: compen.crim.cam.ac.uk/compen-confere…

Panel 3 at the @Compen2020 conference in Norway June 13-14th: ‘Foreign nationals in Nordic prisons’, with @DorinaDamsa, @TorstenKolind and An-Sofie Vanhouche. Read more and register here! compen.crim.cam.ac.uk/compen-confere…