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What's Cookin'?: An Analysis Of Food As A Method Of Control In The Penal System, Zoe Livengood
What's Cookin'?: An Analysis Of Food As A Method Of Control In The Penal System, Zoe Livengood
Master's Theses
According to Garland (2001), the U.S. correctional system is a reflection of the culture of control that exists in American society. One way the correctional system exerts control is through food. This concept partnered with Foucault’s ideas about the evolution of punishment and the criminal justice system as an institution creates the theoretical foundation for food as a method of control in the correctional system.
Through quantitative and qualitative analysis, this study examined food as a method of control in three southern Mississippi jails in order to understand how food is a contested space for control between jail staff and …