(Doing) Time Is Money: Confinement, Prison Work and the Reproduction of Carceral Capitalism
基于英国私营监狱的民族志研究，分析了监狱劳动如何在个体、组织和社会层面再生产新自由主义和监禁资本主义逻辑，指出监禁加剧囚犯对金钱和掠夺性企业家精神的痴迷，阻碍改造与社会回归。
This article examines how prison work functions as a site where neoliberal and carceral capitalist logics are reproduced across individual, organisational and societal levels. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in a private UK prison, we argue that confinement exacerbates prisoners’ obsession with money and predatory entrepreneurialism, reflecting and reinforcing the broader dynamics of carceral capitalism at each level. By analysing these interconnected dynamics, we demonstrate how incarceration perpetuates these logics. Furthermore, we illustrate how prison work perpetuates neoliberal exploitation, surveillance and control, hindering rehabilitation and societal reintegration. Our analysis underscores the need for a comprehensive reassessment of the Prison Industrial Complex. We conclude that rather than viewing prisoners as a captive audience for reproducing carceral capitalism, prisons should be reimagined to prioritise the humanity of those impacted by the criminal justice system and to create alternative models of accountability and social transformation.