Prison Service Journal 265

This edition, edited by Tomas Max Martin and Andrew M. Jefferson, is about scrutiny understood as a distinct way of approaching, learning about, and knowing prisons.

Given the traditional opacity of prisons, perennial questions persist about whose point of view should be privileged, what tools should be used, and who gets to judge what entry point is best.

This edition present a diverse input to a conversation about scrutiny that includes authors and cases from a range of countries.

In this edition:

• Editorial comment, by Tomas Max Martin and Andrew M. Jefferson
• Scrutinising prisons through popular culture: Jimmy McGovern’s Time, by Jamie Bennett
• Scrutinizing the prison during a pandemic and beyond: Oversight from a distance in the Philippines, by Kalliopi Kambanella and Brenda van den Bergh
• Monitors and ethnographers: A Reflection on affinities and potential synergies, by Andrew M. Jefferson and Tomas Max Martin
• Barriers to engagement: Scrutiny gaps in Irish prisons, Sophie van der Valk and Mary Rogan
• Security, discipline, resistance: Deciphering prison scrutiny styles in France, by Gilles Chantraine
• Scrutinizing prisons through art, activism, and academic critique, by Mina Ibrahim