What is it about?
This article examines the immobility of incarcerated students and their attempts to complete tertiary and pre-tertiary distance education courses without direct internet access.
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Why is it important?
Drawing on critical mobilities theory, this article also explores attempts to address this digital disconnection of incarcerated students and where such interventions have been frustrated by movement issues within the prison. Prison focus group data suggest the use of modified digital learning technologies in prisons needs to be informed by a critical approach to the institutional processes and practices of this unique and challenging learning environment.
Perspectives
This publication is informed by a number of projects we've conducted, introducing digital technologies into prisons to create access to higher education.
Associate Professor Helen S Farley
University of Southern Queensland
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This page is a summary of: The prison is another country: incarcerated students and (im)mobility in Australian prisons, Critical Studies in Education, December 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2016.1255240.
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