Abstract

Among many of the activities concerned with the “collateral consequences of incarceration,” visitation has been quite a challenge. In particular, women visitors face several challenges while visiting a carceral space. Using semi-structured interviews with women having a family member incarcerated, we explore the experiences of women visitors visiting a prison in Kashmir. The paper employs a qualitative methodology to understand the experiences of these women visitors. The paper tries to understand the ways in which the prison regime dictates and directs their lives. The paper emphasizes the fact that the effects of incarceration are tremendously bore by these women who jeopardize their own economic and social capital in order to maintain ties with an incarcerated individual. These women are claimed to be the “other victims of crime” and are treated as quasi-inmates inside the carceral spaces. These women live lives marked with stigma and suspicion as they are often assumed to have known about the crime. Thus, they suffer from courtesy stigma and the taint of being equally involved in the crime. The findings reveal that these women face difficulties in visiting their incarcerated kin, endure emotionally intense experiences, and the traumatic experience of prison visitation, ironically, acts as a blessing in disguise. They become increasingly absorbed into the correctional facility, suffer the anxiety of waiting and frustration to meet institutional dictates, and elation or despair that stays with them after spending time with their loved ones in prison.

摘要

在与“监禁的附带后果”有关的许多活动中，探视一直是一个相当大的挑战。特别是，女性访客在参观监狱时面临一些挑战。通过对有家庭成员被监禁的女性进行半结构化访谈，我们探讨了女性访客参观克什米尔监狱的经历。本文采用定性方法来了解这些女性游客的经历。本文试图了解监狱政权是如何支配和指导他们的生活的。该论文强调了这样一个事实，即这些妇女极大地承受了监禁的影响，她们为了维持与被监禁者的联系而危及自己的经济和社会资本。这些妇女被称为“犯罪的其他受害者”，并在监狱内被视为准囚犯。这些妇女的生活充满了耻辱和怀疑，因为她们通常被认为了解这一犯罪行为。因此，他们遭受了礼貌的耻辱和同样参与犯罪的污点。研究结果表明，这些女性在探视被监禁的亲属时面临困难，承受着强烈的情感经历，而讽刺的是，监狱探视的创伤经历却因祸得福。他们越来越融入惩教设施，忍受着等待的焦虑和满足机构指令的挫败感，以及与亲人在监狱里度过的时光后的兴高采烈或绝望。这些妇女的生活充满了耻辱和怀疑，因为她们通常被认为了解这一犯罪行为。因此，他们遭受了礼貌的耻辱和同样参与犯罪的污点。研究结果表明，这些女性在探视被监禁的亲属时面临困难，承受着强烈的情感经历，而讽刺的是，监狱探视的创伤经历却因祸得福。他们越来越融入惩教设施，忍受着等待的焦虑和满足机构指令的挫败感，以及与亲人在监狱里度过的时光后的兴高采烈或绝望。这些妇女的生活充满了耻辱和怀疑，因为她们通常被认为了解这一犯罪行为。因此，他们遭受了礼貌的耻辱和同样参与犯罪的污点。研究结果表明，这些女性在探视被监禁的亲属时面临困难，承受着强烈的情感经历，而讽刺的是，监狱探视的创伤经历却因祸得福。他们越来越融入惩教设施，忍受着等待的焦虑和满足机构指令的挫败感，以及与亲人在监狱里度过的时光后的兴高采烈或绝望。研究结果表明，这些女性在探视被监禁的亲属时面临困难，承受着强烈的情感经历，而讽刺的是，监狱探视的创伤经历却因祸得福。他们越来越融入惩教设施，忍受着等待的焦虑和满足机构指令的挫败感，以及与亲人在监狱里度过的时光后的兴高采烈或绝望。研究结果表明，这些女性在探视被监禁的亲属时面临困难，承受着强烈的情感经历，而讽刺的是，监狱探视的创伤经历却因祸得福。他们越来越融入惩教设施，忍受着等待的焦虑和满足机构指令的挫败感，以及与亲人在监狱里度过的时光后的兴高采烈或绝望。