‘We Still Have a Duty of Care, but How Legitimate Is Her Allergy to Fish?’ Practitioner Engagement in Food Practices in Women's Prison

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Brown, T, Adams, M, McCarthy, D, Power, E, Harman, V and Garland, J (2025) ‘We Still Have a Duty of Care, but How Legitimate Is Her Allergy to Fish?’ Practitioner Engagement in Food Practices in Women's Prison. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice. ISSN 2059-1098

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Abstract

This paper aims to explore how staff members in women's prisons understand their role in relation to the food practices. Given the budgetary restrictions, staff shortages and overall concerns around the quality of food in prison, there is a critical gap in engaging with these staff perspectives which urgently needs addressing. Drawing on a qualitative study conducted in four women's prisons in England, this paper will explore the food practices in prison from a range of staff (n = 10). The paper focuses on the following themes: (i) understanding the different ways in which staff navigate structural issues in serving food practices; (ii) examining how staff manage the expectations of women in prison around food; (iii) analysing how they link food practices to notion of normality; and (iv) exploring the ways in which staff navigate the debates on whether food should be seen as a form of punishment or rehabilitation.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 4402 Criminology
Subjects: T Technology > TX Home economics > TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV8301 Penology. Prisons. Corrections
Divisions: Justice Studies (from Sep 19)
Publisher: Wiley
Date of acceptance: 6 December 2024
Date of first compliant Open Access: 9 June 2025
Date Deposited: 09 Jun 2025 13:35
Last Modified: 09 Jun 2025 13:45
DOI or ID number: 10.1111/hojo.12603
URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/26557
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