Doing Indefinite Time: An Ethnography of Long-Term Imprisonment in Switzerland
In: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology Ser.
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Observing, Listening and Engaging in Prisoners' Everyday Lives -- 1.1.1 'Being There' -- 1.1.1.1 Gaining Access to the Prison: The Formal Organization of My Fieldwork -- 1.1.1.2 Gaining Access Within the Prison: Establishing and Maintaining Trust -- 1.1.2 Face-to-Face Interviews -- 1.1.3 Walking Interviews -- 1.1.4 Documents -- 1.2 Structure of the Book -- References -- 2 Indefinite Confinement in Switzerland -- 2.1 Legal Framework and Penal Policy -- 2.1.1 Article 64 and Article 59: Indefinite Confinement in the Swiss Criminal Code -- 2.1.2 High-Risk Offenders: Identifying Individuals Posing a 'Danger to the Public' -- 2.1.3 Institutional Placement and Handling of 'Dangerous' Offenders -- 2.2 Key Actors -- 2.2.1 Penal Enforcement Authorities: Placing and Managing Prisoners -- 2.2.2 Prison Management: Accommodating Prisoners -- 2.2.3 Prison Staff: Daily Dealings with Prisoners -- 2.3 The Sentenced Prisoners -- 2.3.1 Facing Indeterminacy -- 2.3.2 Living in an Ever-Same Present -- 2.4 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Space, Time, Embodiment -- 3.1 The Prison as an Inhabited Time-Space -- 3.1.1 The Prison Regime: A Formal Set of Arrangements of Space and Time -- 3.1.2 Inhabiting the Prison: Prisoners' Lived Experiences -- 3.1.2.1 Bodily Experiences of Space and Time -- 3.1.2.2 Doing with Space and Time -- 3.1.3 Conclusion -- References -- 4 In the Prison Cell -- 4.1 The Swiss Prison Cell -- 4.2 Descriptions of the cell's Ambiance -- 4.2.1 Architecture, Design and Furnishings -- 4.2.2 Prison Environment -- 4.2.3 Prison Surroundings -- 4.3 A 'Home' or 'a Place to Be, but not to Live' -- 4.3.1 The prison's Accommodation Regime -- 4.3.1.1 The Right to Arrange the Cell in a 'Homely' Way -- 4.3.1.2 The Obligation to Keep It 'Tidy and Clean' -- 4.3.2 Arranging the Cell.