Cooking in prison--from crook to cook

International Journal of Prisoner Health
Linda Kjaer Minke

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the principle and practice of self-catering system in a Danish prison. Self-catering is a reflection of the Danish correctional principle of normalisation between prison and community life. Unlike some other jurisdiction, issues of control in meal preparation are subordinate to prisoners' right to choose and prepare their own food. Findings are derived from 13 months of ethnographic fieldwork in a Danish maximum security prison for men, including in-depth interviews with 68 prisoners. Overall findings showed that thinking about meals and their preparation is time consuming for prisoners who tend to be positive about the system making connections with their ability to exercise responsibility for making healthily choices. The research concludes that prisoners' possibility for developing cooking competences during incarceration could support prisoners change in social identity from crook to cook. Food is a fundamental need and the ability to choose what to eat and to prepare one's own food should be a right for all people, including prisoners. This research shows that Danish prisoners are very pleased about the system of self-catering. Most prisoners are concerned about preparin...Continue Reading

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Apr 3, 2008·International Journal of Prisoner Health·Rick Lines

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Apr 22, 2015·Appetite·An-Sofie Vanhouche
Aug 22, 2018·Journal of Correctional Health Care : the Official Journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care·Tenzin WangmoBernice S Elger
Feb 3, 2019·BMC Health Services Research·Karen M DavisonVictoria L Smye
Jun 15, 2019·Appetite·Amy B Smoyer, Linda Kjær Minke
Jun 17, 2019·Appetite·Amy B Smoyer

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