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Degrading Sites of Punishment and Pain: The Case for Abolishing Prisons

Prisons have been in crisis in England and Wales for 200 years. The state has responded with piecemeal, ‘pragmatic’ reforms which have done little to defuse the crisis. Instead, there has been a recurring, debilitating cycle of crisis/reform/crisis/reform. This has led to the perennial claim by politicians, the media and state agents that the system is ‘broken.’ This begs the question when was it ever fixed? The answer is never. The state’s ‘tru…
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Social Science Space broke the news in on Monday, June 9, 2025.
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