The ''Journal of Prisoners on Prisons'' is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal, which gives a voice to
prisoners. Using collections of
essays, each issue brings to light new ideas, emotions, and descriptions of life inside minimum-to-maximum security institutions. The journal seeks to promote thought on why much of what is deemed criminal (e.g. illicit drug use) is deemed criminal, impacts on community members, including and up to the offender.
The journal's stated aim is "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."
Furthermore, it attempts to affect policy shifts, and expose stereotypes, laws and policies it deems reactionary (e.g.
sex offender registries in the United States
Sex offender registries in the United States exist at both the federal and state levels. Registries contain information about persons convicted of sexual offenses for law enforcement and public notification purposes. All 50 states and the Distric ...
), and the business of crime.
The journal is published by the
University of Ottawa Press
The University of Ottawa Press (french: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa) is a bilingual university press located in Ottawa, Ontario. It publishes approximately 25-30 books annually in both English language, English and French language, Fren ...
and was established in 1988. It was born out of the 3rd
ICOPA Conference in Montreal, 1987. Related to the
prison abolition movement, the journal supports the rights of prisoners inside, by allowing those outside to understand what really happens in a prison.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.jpp.org
Imprisonment and detention
English-language journals
Biannual journals
Sociology journals
Academic journals established in 1988
Prison abolition movement