{"product_id":"disruptive-prisoners-resistance-reform-and-the-new-deal-hardback-9781487508531","title":"Disruptive Prisoners; Resistance, Reform, and the New Deal (Hardback) 9781487508531","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDisruptive Prisoners\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eResistance, Reform, and the New Deal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChris Clarkson (Author), Melissa Munn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487508531\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 July 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages, 51 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Including prisoner stories in an historical context provided a more nuanced and complicated reframing of the post-Archambault Commission era.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Beverly Cramp (\u003cem\u003eBC BookWorld\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"The pair [Clarkson and Munn] writes with a cohesive voice, and considering the polyvocal and collective biographical approach they take towards their writing, this is impressive.\" \u003c\/p\u003e - Katie-Marie McNeill, Queen\u0026amp;#x2019;s University (\u003cem\u003eLabour\/Le Travail\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDisruptive Prisoners\u003c\/em\u003e reconstitutes the history of Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s federal prison system in the mid-twentieth century through a process of collective biography – one involving prisoners, administrators, prison reformers, and politicians. This social history relies on extensive archival research and access to government documents, but more importantly, uses the penal press materials created by prisoners themselves and an interview with one of the founding penal press editors to provide a unique and unprecedented analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisruptive Prisoners\u003c\/i\u003e is grounded in the lived experiences of men who were incarcerated in federal penitentiaries in Canada and argues that they were not merely passive recipients of intervention. Evidence indicates that prisoners were active agents of change who advocated for and resisted the initiatives that were part of Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s \"New Deal in Corrections.\" While prisoners are silent in other criminological and historical texts, here they are central figures: the juxtaposition of their voices with the official administrative, parliamentary, and government records challenges the dominant tropes of progress and provides a more nuanced and complicated reframing of the post-Archambault Commission era.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe use of an alternative evidential base, the commitment of the authors to integrating subaltern perspectives, and the first-hand accounts by prisoners of their experiences of incarceration makes this book a highly readable and engaging glimpse behind the bars of Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s federal prisons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSerendipity: Finding Voices\u003cbr\u003eWriting a Social History of Prisons\u003cbr\u003eStudy Parameters and Limitations\u003cbr\u003eOrganization of this Book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection One: Disrupting the Old Order\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Riots and Reform: Political Action and the Making of the Archambault Report\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Protest\u003cbr\u003eCauses of the Riot\u003cbr\u003eContext of Resistance\u003cbr\u003eThe Illusion of Reform\u003cbr\u003eRiots and Revelations: Deconstructing the Narrative\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Blueprint for the New Deal: The Archambault Commission Re-envisions Reform\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoyal Commission Mandate and Findings\u003cbr\u003ePrison Conditions\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations of the Archambault Report\u003cbr\u003eClassification, Segregation, and the Protection of Young Prisoners\u003cbr\u003eThe Borstal Ascendency in Canadian Penitentiaries\u003cbr\u003eConsolidation of Governance\u003cbr\u003eReception of the Report\u003cbr\u003ePost-War Pressure for Implementation\u003cbr\u003eThe Gibson Report\u003cbr\u003eSauvant\u0026amp;#x2019;s Progress\u003cbr\u003eGibson\u0026amp;#x2019;s Plan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection Two: Disruptive Influences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. \"Men Who Beefed\": Writing the New Deal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Creation of the Penal Press in Canada\u003cbr\u003eThe Penal Press Expands\u003cbr\u003eTaking Shape: The Technical Aspects of the Penal Press\u003cbr\u003eThe Penal Press Finds Purpose\u003cbr\u003e\"Prisoners are People\" and the \"New Deal\" Materialize\u003cbr\u003eStrength in Numbers: The Penal Press Goes International\u003cbr\u003e\"Keeping It Real\" or \"What to Write about in the Penal Press\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Difficulties of Being THE Voice of Prisoners\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The New Deal: Same as the Old Deal?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassification and Segregation\u003cbr\u003eUsing Classification to Achieve a Rehabilitated Subject\u003cbr\u003eAchieving Security and Efficiency through Classification and Segregation\u003cbr\u003eReducing Idleness through Classification\u003cbr\u003eStaying Connected: Visitation and Correspondence in Prison\u003cbr\u003eEducation and Vocational Training\u003cbr\u003eWork and Industry\u003cbr\u003eMollycoddling and the Defense of the New Deal\u003cbr\u003eThe New Deal… Same as the Old Deal?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Time Off: Clemency, Remission, and Parole\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGood Time\u003cbr\u003eThe First-Year Problem\u003cbr\u003eThe Earned\/Lost Problem\u003cbr\u003eActs of Grace\u003cbr\u003eAmnesty\u003cbr\u003eRemission Branch – Royal Prerogative of Mercy\u003cbr\u003eRemission Branch – Ticket-Of-Leave\u003cbr\u003eParole\u003cbr\u003eAutonomy\u003cbr\u003eBoard Composition\u003cbr\u003eInterim Progress: Automatic Review\u003cbr\u003eDisappointment: Prisoners Are People but We Don\u0026amp;#x2019;t Need to Meet Them\u003cbr\u003eDisappointment: Denial of Parole\u003cbr\u003eDisappointment: Drug Addicts and Alcoholics\u003cbr\u003eGetting the Public On-Side\u003cbr\u003eEarly Progress Reports\u003cbr\u003eReason for Optimism?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. New Deal\/Old Deal Discontent and Censorship\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Official Face of Reform\u003cbr\u003eThe Contested View of Reform\u003cbr\u003eSituation Critical: The New Deal Riot\u003cbr\u003eAntecedents to the Riot: Daily Life and Overcrowding\u003cbr\u003eCensorship: Controlling the New Deal\u0026amp;#x2019;s Narrative\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTalk of Violence, Mismanagement, and Progressive Reform\u003cbr\u003eA Story of Uneven Progress\u003cbr\u003eDisrupting Methodology: On the Importance of Muti-vocality\/History from Below\u003cbr\u003eDisrupting the Idea that Change Comes from the Top\u003cbr\u003eDisrupting the Idea that \"We Blew It\"\u003cbr\u003eDisrupting the \"Con\"\u003cbr\u003eDisrupting Singular Narratives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Excerpts from Commissioner\u0026amp;#x2019;s Annual Reports detailing Psychiatric Services 1947–1957\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Article Refused for Publication in Pathfinder 1953\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595491111192,"sku":"9781487508531","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/disruptive-prisoners-resistance-reform-and-the-new-deal-hardback-9781487508531","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}