"To prove there is another way" - A case study on ICT & rehabilitation in Storstrøm prison
Authors
Chatzipolakis, Pavlos ; Georgoulakis, Christos
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2022
Submitted on
2022-10-14
Pages
66
Abstract
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan idéerne bag nordisk exceptionalisme—normalisering, åbenhed, uddannelse, ansvar og sikkerhed—udmøntes i det danske fængselssystem. Vi gennemførte etnografisk feltarbejde og interviews med indsatte, lærere og fængselsbetjente i det lukkede Storstrøm Fængsel på Falster. Hovedfokus er, hvordan informations- og kommunikationsteknologi (IKT) påvirker de indsattes rehabilitering og reintegration i samfundet. Vi anvender en Actor-Network-tilgang, en metode der følger forbindelser mellem mennesker, teknologier og institutioner, for at belyse rollerne for både menneskelige og ikke-menneskelige aktører i rehabiliteringsprocessen. Udgangspunktet er SKnet, et internt intranet, der understøtter de indsattes uddannelse, som vi undersøger i brug. Undervejs ser vi på, hvordan mål om rehabilitering spiller sammen med politiske beslutninger, offentlighedens holdninger og teknologisk innovation i fængselsvæsenet. Specialet beskriver, hvor principperne for nordisk exceptionalisme anvendes eller overses i Storstrøm Fængsel, og drøfter, hvilken betydning IKT har for de indsattes muligheder for at forberede sig på livet efter løsladelse.
This MSc thesis examines how the ideas often called Nordic Exceptionalism—normalization, openness, education, responsibility, and security—are put into practice in the Danish prison system. We conducted ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with inmates, teachers, and guards at the closed Storstrøm Prison on Falster. Our main focus is how Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) influence inmates’ rehabilitation and reintegration into society. We use an Actor-Network approach, a method that traces connections between people, technologies, and institutions, to follow the roles of both human and non-human actors in this process. We begin with SKnet, an internal intranet designed to support inmates’ education, and examine how it is used. Along the way, we consider how rehabilitation goals interact with political decisions, public opinion, and technological innovation in the prison context. The thesis reports where the principles of Nordic Exceptionalism are applied or overlooked at Storstrøm Prison and discusses the effects of ICT on inmates’ opportunities to prepare for life after release.
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