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An Epistemology of Incarceration: Constructing Knowing on the Inside

An Epistemology of Incarceration: Constructing Knowing on the Inside An Epistemology of Incarceration: Constructing Knowing on the Inside The LoCI and Wittenberg University Writing Group In a situation of oppression, epistemic relations are screwed up. —José Medina 2013, 27 There is a psychology to doing time. —Member of the LoCI and Wittenberg University Working Group We write from the perspective and insights of people who are currently incarcerated as well as people who have been in a working relationship with them for the past two years. Many of us began working together in the fall semester of 2014 through an Inside-Out Prison Exchange course and have continued working together through additional coursework and reading groups. The writers in our group who are incarcerated are theorizing from the perspective of people who have served at least five years in prison, with approximately half of us having served more than ten years, and some having served more than twenty years. The vast majority of the incarcerated portion of our group has served time in multiple prisons, as well as prisons of a higher security level than our current level-one and -two prison. Furthermore, we are working from inside of a men’s prison. Though our working group includes outside women as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png philoSOPHIA State University of New York Press

An Epistemology of Incarceration: Constructing Knowing on the Inside

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philoSOPHIA , Volume 6 (1) – Aug 6, 2016
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An Epistemology of Incarceration: Constructing Knowing on the Inside The LoCI and Wittenberg University Writing Group In a situation of oppression, epistemic relations are screwed up. —José Medina 2013, 27 There is a psychology to doing time. —Member of the LoCI and Wittenberg University Working Group We write from the perspective and insights of people who are currently incarcerated as well as people who have been in a working relationship with them for the past two years. Many of us began working together in the fall semester of 2014 through an Inside-Out Prison Exchange course and have continued working together through additional coursework and reading groups. The writers in our group who are incarcerated are theorizing from the perspective of people who have served at least five years in prison, with approximately half of us having served more than ten years, and some having served more than twenty years. The vast majority of the incarcerated portion of our group has served time in multiple prisons, as well as prisons of a higher security level than our current level-one and -two prison. Furthermore, we are working from inside of a men’s prison. Though our working group includes outside women as

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