Expressions of Male-To-Male Intimacy in a UK Prison (and What We Might Learn From Them)

This paper is an autobiographical research piece exploring male-to-male intimacy in a UK prison setting during 2014. The research was undertaken as an act of "resistance" (Ward, 1997) to expose the reality of prison life and further the research agenda in relation to the rehabilitation of the criminalized. Ward (1997) suggests that all actions undertaken by those who experience abuse or marginalization by people in positions of power, might be seen as acts of resistance, and my research activity is both an act of resistance and also a positive assertion of my improved mental health, integrity, and selfregard. This paper is intended as one part in a series of pieces based on my research, all of which was undertaken at Her Majesty's Prison X.