L'ouverture des prisons et l'écosystème social environnant

The Opening of Prisons and the Surrounding Social Ecosystem. For not having been ideologically considered, the primary function of prisons (keeping in confinement to keep apart) gives them a stigma similar to that which punishes inmates. The ways of dealing with this shame (in terms of neighbourhood relationships, economies and social integration) demonstrate the development of a sensitive zone around each jail, structured by these social relationships. On the other hand, the socio-economical characteristics of the environment reinforce different spheres of influence within each prison, to the detriment of global coherence. These social logics conflict with the recent French policy of « opening » jails to external partnership.