The Spatialisation of Incarceration: Reforms, Response and the Reality of Prison Life
The Spatialisation of Incarceration: Reforms, Response and the Reality of Prison Life
Chapter Four looks closely at prison conditions and structure, particularly in terms of organizing the prison population according to crimes committed, convicted or accused, age, and gender. In fact, the Ottoman prison administration took great interest in creating ‘gendered incarceration’ with special provisions for female prisoners, especially those with small children. This chapter investigates the everyday life of prisoners, both male and female, their experiences, and conditions of incarceration. Despite the Ottoman Prison Administration’s attempts at improving living conditions through assuming responsibility for health and hygiene, nutrition, and prisoner rehabilitation, prison conditions remained poor and overcrowded. Nevertheless, Ottoman reformers still made significant improvements to prisoner life and prison conditions through concentrated building and repair projects and new health and hygiene regulations and practices.
Keywords: prison life, prison conditions, prison reforms, gendered incarceration
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