Time unbound: Nonlinear temporality and structural trauma in prison time
Published online on January 12, 2026
Abstract
Punishment & Society, Ahead of Print.
A growing literature establishes the experience of prison time as cyclical and present focused, but my analysis of trauma suggests that prison time can be heavily influenced by the past, especially through social, multigenerational traumas. Drawing from ...
A growing literature establishes the experience of prison time as cyclical and present focused, but my analysis of trauma suggests that prison time can be heavily influenced by the past, especially through social, multigenerational traumas. Drawing from ...