‘We still have a duty of care, but how legitimate is her allergy to fish?’ Practitioner engagement in food practices in women’s prison

Brown, T., Adams, M., McCarthy, D., Harman, V., Garland, J. and Power, E. (2024) ‘We still have a duty of care, but how legitimate is her allergy to fish?’ Practitioner engagement in food practices in women’s prison. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice. ISSN 2059-1101 (In Press)

Abstract/Summary

This paper aims to explore how staff members in women’s prisons understand their role in relation to the food practices. Given the budgetary restrictions, staff shortages, and overall concerns around the quality of food in prison, there is a critical gap in engaging with these staff perspectives which urgently needs addressing. Drawing on a qualitative study conducted in four women’s prisons in England, this paper will explore the food practices in prison from a range of staff (n=10). The paper focuses on the following themes: i.) understanding the different ways in which staff navigate structural issues in serving food practices; ii.) examining how staff manage the expectations of women in prison around food; iii.) analysing how they link food practices to notion of normality; and lastly, iv.) exploring the ways in which staff navigate the debates on whether food should be seen as a form of punishment or rehabilitation.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/120562
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Politics and International Relations
Publisher	Wiley
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