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1|Acknowledgements|6
1|Contents|8
1|Contributors|11
1|List of Figures|15
1|Introduction: Toward a Sociology of Prison Escape|16
2|Circumscribing the Analytical Framework|17
2|Taking a Critical Approach: Beyond Prison-Centrism|20
2|Themes and Chapters of the Book|23
3|Resistance and Everyday Life|25
3|Politics and Transition|27
3|Law and Bureaucracy|32
3|Escape Imaginaries and Popular Culture|34
2|By Way of Conclusion|37
2|References|40
1|Part I: Resistance and Everyday Life|45
2|Chapter 1 Prison Escapes, Everyday Life and the State: Narratives of Contiguity and Disruption|46
3|Attempted Escape, Coping and Prison Management|51
3|Relaxation of Vigilance and a Successful Escape|57
3|Escape, Encounter and Fake Encounter|59
3|Escaping into Prison|63
3|Concluding Observations|65
3|References|70
2|Chapter 2 There Is No Escape: Constrained Tales of Sovereign Practice and Relations|73
3|Vignettes|73
3|Introduction|73
3|Tale I: ‘Putting One Over on Them’|76
3|Tale II: (Investigating) A Prison Walk-Out in Freetown, Sierra Leone|85
3|Conclusion: The Escape Imperative|90
3|References|95
2|Chapter 3 Resistant Adaptation: Reflections on Escape from Italian Prisons|98
3|Introduction|98
3|Prison Life: Adjustment and Resistance|100
3|Carceral Biography|104
3|Escaping from Prison: Hidden Practices and Public Script|106
4|Prison Violence: Some Contextual Elements to Understand Escapees|107
4|The ‘Flight’ Narrative: Legitimacy and Adaption|109
4|Preparing for ‘Flight’: Escape as Doing Time|112
3|To Conclude… Escape as Resistance Adaption|116
3|Appendix 1: Prisoners Biographical Interviews Scheme|118
3|References|121
1|Part II: Politics and Transition|124
2|Chapter 4 Mocking the State: Heroism, Humanity and Humiliation in the Context of Naxal Jailbreaks in India|125
3|Introduction1|125
3|Can We Laugh, at the Prison Staff?: A Brief History of Prison Escapes in India|130
3|Mass Escapes and the 2005 Naxal-Led Jehanabad Jailbreak|135
3|Heroism and Humanity in Naxal Prison Escapes39|141
3|Conclusion|144
3|References|150
2|Chapter 5 Prison Escape and Its Political Imaginary in Times of Political Crisis: Tunisia, 2011–2016|153
3|Introduction|153
3|Running Away from the Authoritarian Prison|156
4|The Storming of Prisons During the Revolution|156
4|A Moral Panic Over Escapees|158
3|Building the Walls of the New Democratic State|163
4|Exposing Human Rights Violations and Reforming Prisons|163
4|How the Looming Threat of Terror Drove the Construction of Prisons|167
3|Conclusion|172
3|References|176
2|Chapter 6 Narco-capitalism and Carceral Marronage in Northern Mexico: What La Flaquita Knows|179
3|Lines of Flight|182
3|Maroon Theory|185
3|La Santa Muerte|188
3|A Church and Para-state Problem|191
3|Laughter in the Face of Death|194
3|References|195
1|Part III: Law and Bureaucracy|198
2|Chapter 7 “Escaping from Hell Is a Right!”: The Case of France’s “Q.H.S.” (1975–1982)|199
3|Introduction: When the Conventional Perception of Prison Escapes Was Turned Upside Down|199
3|Portrait of High Security Units as Deadly Places: The QHS Controversy|202
3|Escaping from Q.H.S.: The Lisieux Trial and Affair|207
3|Conclusion: From the Escape Issue to the Prison Issue|211
3|Sources|215
4|Archives|215
4|Print Sources (Press Excluded)|216
4|References|216
2|Chapter 8 Escapees or Young Runaways? At the Boundaries of Confinement in a French Closed Educational Center|219
3|“You Don’t Escape a CEF; You Run Away!3”: A Quarrel About Confinement|222
3|“Tomorrow I’ll Leave If I Want6”: Making Youth Hang on Without Holding Them Back|225
3|“I’m Suffocating Here”11: The Regulatory Function of Exits from a CEF|228
4|The CEF’s System of Rules: Two Structures|229
4|Authorizing Exits: Yes, but Which Ones?|230
4|When Educators Decide to Turn a Blind Eye|232
3|“It’s a Closed Center, Not a Care Home”16: False Runaways, Real Runaways, and the Specter of Escape|233
4|Running Away, or Unauthorized Outings?|234
4|Prison in Sight|235
4|Is Running Away Equivalent to Escaping?|237
3|References|242
2|Chapter 9 The Tricky Escape from Kizoti Court: Entanglement, Precarity and Ugandan Prison Staff|244
3|Dying Alone: An Ethnographic Vignette|244
3|Introduction|245
3|‘Linking’ and ‘Lunching’ at Kizoti Court|248
4|‘Linking’ in the Economy of Bails|250
4|Eating Lunch|253
3|The Missing Suspect|255
3|The Aftershock of an Extraordinary Escape|258
4|Castigation|260
4|Conviction|262
3|Conclusion: Discipline, Entanglement and Precarity|265
3|References|267
1|Part IV: Escape Imaginaries and Popular Culture|270
2|Chapter 10 Representations of Prison Escapes in Films|271
3|Prison Films and Public Perceptions|272
3|Escapes in Fact and Fiction|274
3|Legitimising Prisons|277
3|Resistance and Reform|280
3|Transcendence, Identity and Everyday Life|286
3|Conclusion: Escapes, Emotion and Effects|291
3|References|294
2|Chapter 11 Prison, Jailbreaks, and Escapees in Two Popular TV Series: The Prisoner and Prison Break|297
3|The Prisoner and Prison Break|300
3|The Prisoner, Prison Break, and the “Prison Escape” Movie Subgenre|303
3|A Blurred Double Frontier|304
3|Individual Resistance and Revolt|307
3|The Symbolic Figure of the Escape|308
3|Conclusion|310
3|References|314
2|Chapter 12 “Everybody Likes Escape Stories”: Exploring Representations of Prison Escape in Canadian Penal History Museums|317
3|Introduction|317
3|“Escape to Prison”|320
3|Learning About Imprisonment at the Museum|324
4|Note on Method|326
3|The Prevalence of Escape and Portraits of Escapees|326
3|Communicating Ideas About Prison Escapes in Museums|329
4|Prison Security|329
4|Storytelling|331
4|Relics|334
4|Special Events and Programmes|335
3|Discussion and Conclusion|336
3|References|338
1|Afterword|342
1|Index|350
1|Contents|8
1|Contributors|11
1|List of Figures|15
1|Introduction: Toward a Sociology of Prison Escape|16
2|Circumscribing the Analytical Framework|17
2|Taking a Critical Approach: Beyond Prison-Centrism|20
2|Themes and Chapters of the Book|23
3|Resistance and Everyday Life|25
3|Politics and Transition|27
3|Law and Bureaucracy|32
3|Escape Imaginaries and Popular Culture|34
2|By Way of Conclusion|37
2|References|40
1|Part I: Resistance and Everyday Life|45
2|Chapter 1 Prison Escapes, Everyday Life and the State: Narratives of Contiguity and Disruption|46
3|Attempted Escape, Coping and Prison Management|51
3|Relaxation of Vigilance and a Successful Escape|57
3|Escape, Encounter and Fake Encounter|59
3|Escaping into Prison|63
3|Concluding Observations|65
3|References|70
2|Chapter 2 There Is No Escape: Constrained Tales of Sovereign Practice and Relations|73
3|Vignettes|73
3|Introduction|73
3|Tale I: ‘Putting One Over on Them’|76
3|Tale II: (Investigating) A Prison Walk-Out in Freetown, Sierra Leone|85
3|Conclusion: The Escape Imperative|90
3|References|95
2|Chapter 3 Resistant Adaptation: Reflections on Escape from Italian Prisons|98
3|Introduction|98
3|Prison Life: Adjustment and Resistance|100
3|Carceral Biography|104
3|Escaping from Prison: Hidden Practices and Public Script|106
4|Prison Violence: Some Contextual Elements to Understand Escapees|107
4|The ‘Flight’ Narrative: Legitimacy and Adaption|109
4|Preparing for ‘Flight’: Escape as Doing Time|112
3|To Conclude… Escape as Resistance Adaption|116
3|Appendix 1: Prisoners Biographical Interviews Scheme|118
3|References|121
1|Part II: Politics and Transition|124
2|Chapter 4 Mocking the State: Heroism, Humanity and Humiliation in the Context of Naxal Jailbreaks in India|125
3|Introduction1|125
3|Can We Laugh, at the Prison Staff?: A Brief History of Prison Escapes in India|130
3|Mass Escapes and the 2005 Naxal-Led Jehanabad Jailbreak|135
3|Heroism and Humanity in Naxal Prison Escapes39|141
3|Conclusion|144
3|References|150
2|Chapter 5 Prison Escape and Its Political Imaginary in Times of Political Crisis: Tunisia, 2011–2016|153
3|Introduction|153
3|Running Away from the Authoritarian Prison|156
4|The Storming of Prisons During the Revolution|156
4|A Moral Panic Over Escapees|158
3|Building the Walls of the New Democratic State|163
4|Exposing Human Rights Violations and Reforming Prisons|163
4|How the Looming Threat of Terror Drove the Construction of Prisons|167
3|Conclusion|172
3|References|176
2|Chapter 6 Narco-capitalism and Carceral Marronage in Northern Mexico: What La Flaquita Knows|179
3|Lines of Flight|182
3|Maroon Theory|185
3|La Santa Muerte|188
3|A Church and Para-state Problem|191
3|Laughter in the Face of Death|194
3|References|195
1|Part III: Law and Bureaucracy|198
2|Chapter 7 “Escaping from Hell Is a Right!”: The Case of France’s “Q.H.S.” (1975–1982)|199
3|Introduction: When the Conventional Perception of Prison Escapes Was Turned Upside Down|199
3|Portrait of High Security Units as Deadly Places: The QHS Controversy|202
3|Escaping from Q.H.S.: The Lisieux Trial and Affair|207
3|Conclusion: From the Escape Issue to the Prison Issue|211
3|Sources|215
4|Archives|215
4|Print Sources (Press Excluded)|216
4|References|216
2|Chapter 8 Escapees or Young Runaways? At the Boundaries of Confinement in a French Closed Educational Center|219
3|“You Don’t Escape a CEF; You Run Away!3”: A Quarrel About Confinement|222
3|“Tomorrow I’ll Leave If I Want6”: Making Youth Hang on Without Holding Them Back|225
3|“I’m Suffocating Here”11: The Regulatory Function of Exits from a CEF|228
4|The CEF’s System of Rules: Two Structures|229
4|Authorizing Exits: Yes, but Which Ones?|230
4|When Educators Decide to Turn a Blind Eye|232
3|“It’s a Closed Center, Not a Care Home”16: False Runaways, Real Runaways, and the Specter of Escape|233
4|Running Away, or Unauthorized Outings?|234
4|Prison in Sight|235
4|Is Running Away Equivalent to Escaping?|237
3|References|242
2|Chapter 9 The Tricky Escape from Kizoti Court: Entanglement, Precarity and Ugandan Prison Staff|244
3|Dying Alone: An Ethnographic Vignette|244
3|Introduction|245
3|‘Linking’ and ‘Lunching’ at Kizoti Court|248
4|‘Linking’ in the Economy of Bails|250
4|Eating Lunch|253
3|The Missing Suspect|255
3|The Aftershock of an Extraordinary Escape|258
4|Castigation|260
4|Conviction|262
3|Conclusion: Discipline, Entanglement and Precarity|265
3|References|267
1|Part IV: Escape Imaginaries and Popular Culture|270
2|Chapter 10 Representations of Prison Escapes in Films|271
3|Prison Films and Public Perceptions|272
3|Escapes in Fact and Fiction|274
3|Legitimising Prisons|277
3|Resistance and Reform|280
3|Transcendence, Identity and Everyday Life|286
3|Conclusion: Escapes, Emotion and Effects|291
3|References|294
2|Chapter 11 Prison, Jailbreaks, and Escapees in Two Popular TV Series: The Prisoner and Prison Break|297
3|The Prisoner and Prison Break|300
3|The Prisoner, Prison Break, and the “Prison Escape” Movie Subgenre|303
3|A Blurred Double Frontier|304
3|Individual Resistance and Revolt|307
3|The Symbolic Figure of the Escape|308
3|Conclusion|310
3|References|314
2|Chapter 12 “Everybody Likes Escape Stories”: Exploring Representations of Prison Escape in Canadian Penal History Museums|317
3|Introduction|317
3|“Escape to Prison”|320
3|Learning About Imprisonment at the Museum|324
4|Note on Method|326
3|The Prevalence of Escape and Portraits of Escapees|326
3|Communicating Ideas About Prison Escapes in Museums|329
4|Prison Security|329
4|Storytelling|331
4|Relics|334
4|Special Events and Programmes|335
3|Discussion and Conclusion|336
3|References|338
1|Afterword|342
1|Index|350