Behan, C.M. (2014) Learning to Escape: Prison Education, Rehabilitation and the Potential for Transformation. Journal of Prison Education and Re-entry, 1 (1). pp. 20-31. ISSN 2387-2306
Abstract
This article examines motivations behind participation in education based on interviews with Irish prisoners. It begins by considering the relationship between education and rehabilitation, especially the latter’s re-emergence in a more authoritarian form. Drawing on results from the research, this article argues that the educational approach, culture and atmosphere are particularly important in creating a learning environment in prison. It makes the case that educational spaces which allow students to voluntarily engage in different types of learning, at their own pace, at a time of their choosing, can be effective in encouraging prisoners to engage in critical reflection and subsequently, to move away from criminal activity. It locates education in prison within a wider context and concludes that while prison education can work with, it needs to distinguish itself from, state-sponsored rehabilitation programmes and stand on the integrity of its profession, based on principles of pedagogy rather than be lured into the evaluative and correctional milieu of modern penality.
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Keywords: | Prison education; transformation; rehabilitation; Ireland |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2016 08:46 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2017 15:42 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.15845/jper.v1i1.594 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | JPER |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.15845/jper.v1i1.594 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98833 |