Berridge, W. J. (2012) Ambivalent ideologies and the limitations of the colonial prison in Sudan, 1898-1956. Journal of Eastern African Studies. 6(3), pp. 444-462. 1753-1055.
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Abstract:
This article investigates the failure of the colonial state in Sudan to establish an extensive and reformative prison system according to the European ideal. It attributes this failure not just to the limited material resources of the colonial state but to its own internal divisions and ambivalent attitude towards the notion of a reformative penal project. This mirrored the state’s ambivalent attitude
toward other forms of development, education and ‘‘civilisation’’. In this failure with prison reform, the colonial regime in Sudan deprived itself of a key tool for the exercise of infrastructural power. The article describes the violent and transgressive behaviour of Sudan’s prison inmates, and examines the efforts of
those officials managing colonial jails to negotiate these difficulties, at times resorting to extreme force in order to keep control
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Sudan, colonial rule, violence, riots, prisons,incarceration
Subjects:
D History General and Old World > DT Africa > DT154.1 Sudan. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan > DT155.3 History
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV8301 Penology. Prisons. Corrections
J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration > JV1 Colonies and colonization
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV8301 Penology. Prisons. Corrections
J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration > JV1 Colonies and colonization
Creators:
Berridge, W. J.
Funders or Sponsors:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
Date:
27 June 2012
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
pp. 444-462
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Eastern African Studies
Volume:
6
Number:
3
Language:
English
ISSN:
1753-1055
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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