ArticleCritical criminology2023
Exploring Carceral Food Systems as Sites of Contestation and Possibility in Canadian Federal Prisons: The Food Services Modernization Initiative.
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- "I decide for myself. I'm like the boss of myself. I can cook when I want." Prisoners' experiences with a self-catering food system in a Norwegian low-security prison.Health & justice · 2026Article
- The health status of incarcerated people in Canada: a narrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
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Abstract
Centering the perspectives and lived experiences of incarcerated persons, this article considers the ways food is used as a tool and site of contestation and possibility within federal prisons in Canada. Focusing specifically on the implementation of and resistance to the Food Services Modernization Initiative, I explore food as "contested terrain" within carceral systems, making visible a range of tactics of resistance employed by incarcerated persons, from testimonials and official complaints to direct collective action. In analyzing these actions and narratives, I reflect on the importance of both food justice and prisoner justice to transforming carceral food systems and call for greater acknowledgment of carceral food systems within food movement discourses and campaigns.
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