“Eating is a hustle”: The complex realities of food in federal prison

Authors

  • Amanda Wilson Université Saint-Paul
  • Julie Courchesne Saint Paul University
  • Ghassan Zahran

Keywords:

carceral food systems, prison food, federal prisons, carceral geographies

Abstract

Juxtaposing insights from the academic literature with those drawn from lived experience, this Perspective article explores the role of food in federal prisons in Canada. Highlighting its multiple meanings and uses, we underscore the complexity of food in prison as well as its fundamental importance in shaping the overall experience of incarceration. Rather than following the more traditional format of an academic article, our discussion takes the form of a conversation and collective reflection between the three of co-authors.

a mosaic of human figures of various colours

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Published

2023-03-13

How to Cite

Wilson, A., Courchesne, J., & Zahran, G. (2023). “Eating is a hustle”: The complex realities of food in federal prison . Canadian Food Studies La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation, 10(1), 55–64. Retrieved from https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/607

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023): Confronting Anti-Black, Anti-Indigenous, and Anti-Asian Racisms in Food Systems in Canada

Section

Perspective

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Copyright (c) 2023 Amanda Wilson, Julie Courchesne, Ghassan Zahran

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