Oscar O’Mara

This ethnography of an English adult male prison explores a polycrisis of violence, self-harm, overcrowding, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Bourdieu's field theory, it uniquely highlights the complex interplay of policy, people, and practices to reveal how prisons exacerbate social inequality. A Perfect Storm uncovers paradoxes between prison's stated aims of safety, security, and (re)habilitation and their adverse realities, including...