The difficult art of higher education delivery in prison: aims, contradictions, promises and problems

Nicoletta Policek

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-86830-7_10

The difficult art of higher education delivery in prison: aims, contradictions, promises and problems

Nicoletta Policek

University of Cumbria

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Higher education delivery in prison is both a theory and a practice of helping prisoners achieve critical consciousness by providing ways of thinking, and modes of being which open up distinctive conditions so that prisoners can acquire a new awareness as citizens (Abs & Veldhuis, 2006). Therefore, this contribution contends, higher education in prison is both a political and pedagogical strategy assisting democratization and active citizenship. This strategy sustains prisoners’ use of their right of resistance, validating the prerogatives of an individual in contrast to the central power structure present in the social order that is the prison.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Histories and philosophies of carceral education: aims, contradictions, promises and problems
Editors	Barbara Harmes, Meredith A. Harmes, Marcus K. Harmes
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	209-227
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Print)	9783030868307
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86830-7_10
Publication status	Published online - 28 Sept 2022

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Policek, N. (2022). The difficult art of higher education delivery in prison: aims, contradictions, promises and problems. In B. Harmes, M. A. Harmes, & M. K. Harmes (Eds.), Histories and philosophies of carceral education: aims, contradictions, promises and problems (pp. 209-227). Palgrave Macmillan. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86830-7_10

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Histories and philosophies of carceral education: aims, contradictions, promises and problems. ed. / Barbara Harmes; Meredith A. Harmes; Marcus K. Harmes. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 209-227.

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