In this episode, Mary Rehman talks to Emily Sisson about her research into the overpoliticisation of prison policy since 2010. Listen as Emily discusses the problems with this and outlines why a prison commission might be solution to depoliticising prisons.

She answers questions around the following topics:  

• How Emily became interested in this topic for her research and the key research gap in her area.  
• Her methodological process and some problems she has been encountering in terms of access to prisons.  
• Some of her preliminary findings 
• Her thoughts on how her work might impact wider conversations around the penal experience and the importance of depoliticising prisons.  

Find the show notes at https://medium.com/@cultcaptpod

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