Marco Nocente is a postdoctoral fellow in carceral geography at the University of Milano-Bicocca. His works explore Italian prison landscapes from an abolitionist perspective. The main topic of his doctoral research, from which this book was born, is prison governmentality. His current research is on the relationship between prison, society and spectacle. The study concerns new carceral spaces beyond prison and the cultural understanding of prison and punishment within society. He publishes on these topics in Italian and English.

Narratives on Prison Governmentality explores prison governmentality through the analysis of letters of prisoners. The collection of testimonies represents the opportunities and difficulties of resisting in a place of power, which, in recent years, has become more sophisticated and effective.

01. Introduction

1. The research and the researcher: prison letters, method, and positionality

2. Prison governmentality, dialogue between carceral geography and critical criminology

3. Carceral governmentality: spatial and discursive practises across OLGa's letters.

4. Reflections