Gendering the 'texture' of open imprisonment: A mixed-methods study of women prisoners' experiences of open conditions in England & Wales.

开放式监狱对改造至关重要：对许多囚犯来说，这是释放前的最后关键一步。表面上，它们比封闭的监狱提供了更大的自由和机会，但它们也是“剥夺自由的机构”，产生痛苦。关于公开监禁的社会学文献主要基于对男子的研究，但妇女在这种环境中的经历可能与男子不同，而且比男子更为复杂。然而，在英格兰和威尔士，关于妇女在公开条件下的研究非常缺乏。至关重要的是，英国决策者越来越意识到严厉的刑罚做法是徒劳的，最近的目标是增加妇女遗产的“开放式供应”。鉴于此，我对英格兰和威尔士妇女开放式分娩经验的混合方法研究非常及时。这项研究将细微差别和发展我们的理解（性别）的惩罚和惩罚。通过采用卡伦的“联邦”的方法，这项研究将扩大认识论和理论的镜头，迄今为止占主导地位的（女权主义）监狱研究领域。它还将在对妇女的惩罚性做法逐渐失去地位而转向更有利于康复的做法的时候为政策提供信息。最终，阐明这一经验和理论差距将有助于学科和刑事改革，从而为这一边缘化人口，进而为社区和社会带来更好的经验和成果。

Open prisons are essential to rehabilitation: for many prisoners they are the final, crucial step before release. Ostensibly, they offer greater freedom and opportunity than closed prisons, but they are also 'liberty-depriving institutions' thatproduce pain. The sociological literature on open imprisonment is largely based on research with men, but women's experiences in this environment are likely to be different and more complex than men's. However, there is a great paucityof research on women held in open conditions in England & Wales. Crucially, there is a growing awareness among British policymakers about the futility of harsh penal practices, exemplified by the recent objective to increase 'openprovision' in the women's estate. In light of this, my mixed-methods study of women's experiences of open confinement in England & Wales is very timely. This study will nuance and develop our understanding of (gendered) imprisonmentand punishment. By adopting Carlen's 'federal' approach the study will broaden the epistemological and theoretical lenses that have thus far dominated the field of (feminist) prisons research. It will also inform policy at a time whenpunitive practices for women are slowly losing ground to more rehabilitative ones. Ultimately, illuminating this empirical and theoretical gap will contribute to the discipline, and to penal reform that leads to better experiences and outcomes for this marginalised population and, in turn, for communities and society.