5 June
Working prisons: transforming offenders from the lumpenproletariat to the secondary workforce?
Wednesday 10 July, 6 for 6.30pm, Room 210, Norfolk Building, City Campus
A strong mainstream political consensus exists in favour of preparing prisoners for the labour market. This has reached its zenith in the development of ‘working prisons’ where offenders work a full working week of up to 40 hours. Yet this lecture will show that social theorists have traditionally classified offenders as the ‘undeserving poor’ partly due to their alleged poor work ethic. Furthermore, economic transformation over the past four decades has thrown many male offenders to the margins of the labour force. It is in this context that Del Fletcher will consider the growing desire of policy makers to put offenders to work in his inaugural professorial lecture.
Places are free and include light refreshments, but must be booked in advance.