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J o u r n a l o f P r i s o n e r s o n P r i s o n s
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"...allowing our experiences and analysis to be added to the forum that
will constitute public opinion could help halt the disastrous trend toward building more fortresses of
fear which will become in the 21st century this generation's monuments to failure."
-Jo-Ann Mayhew, from JPP Vol. 1:1 (1988)
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General Information
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The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons (JPP) is a prisoner written,
academically oriented and peer reviewed, non-profit journal, based on the tradition
of the penal press. It brings the knowledge produced by prison
writers together with academic arguments to enlighten public
discourse about the current state of carceral institutions. This
is particularly important because with few exceptions, definitions
of deviance and constructions of those participating in these defined
acts are incompletely created by social scientists, media
representatives, politicians and those in the legal community.
These analyses most often promote self-serving interests, omit the
voices of those most affected, and facilitate repressive and
reactionary penal policies and practices. As a result, the JPP
attempts to acknowledge the accounts, experiences, and criticisms
of the criminalized by providing an educational forum that allows
women and men to participate in the development of research that
concerns them directly. In an age where `crime` has become lucrative
and exploitable, the JPP exists as an important alternate source
of information that competes with popularly held stereotypes and
misconceptions about those who are currently, or those who have in
the past, faced the deprivation of liberty.
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Current Issue
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Volume 28, Number 1 (2019) is a general issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons featuring articles by current and former prisoners documenting the latest trends in penal policy and practice in the United States.
The issue also features a contribution to "The Dialogue on the Canadian Carceral State" that explores the punitiveness of Canada's immigration system, a "Response" paper on the struggle over the future of the decommissioned Prison for Women (P4W) as a site of memory,
as well as "Prisoners' Struggles" contributions, and a book review. The cover art, featuring the pieces "Carceral Landscapes" and "Close the Bastard Down!", was created by Peter Collins - a former Canadian prisoner serving a life sentence who died behind bars of cancer.
View and Download Sample Articles (PDF)
Order Volume 28(1) of the JPP
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Forthcoming Issue
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Volume 28, Number 2 (forthcoming) will be a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons on "Prison (In)justice in Canada at the Crossroads".
It will feature articles written by current and former prisoner about the current state of incarceration and their recommendations for change to the new Government of Canada.
Owing to a delay in the production process, sample articles will be posted online in mid-April 2020 and printed copies of the issue will be mailed to subscribers
in late-April 2020. We sincerely apologize for the delay.
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Calls for Papers
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