Prison in Peru, 1st ed. 2022 Ethnographic, Feminist and Decolonial Perspectives Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology Series

This book expands the field of prison research by drawing on six months of unique, ethnographic research in Santa Monica prison, the largest women?s prison in Lima, Peru. Using feminist and decolonial perspectives, it explores power and the governance system and its implications on how the prison operates and the lived experiences of women prisoners and their interpersonal relationships. It reflects on the intersection of prison, imprisonment and gender from a Global South perspective and includes methodological reflections on how to research prisons in the Global South holistically. It fills a gap and engages with debates on governmentality and women?s agency within the penal context.

Lucia Bracco Bruce​ completed her PhD in 2020 on Women and Gender studies from the Department of Sociology of the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. She has a degree in Clinical Psychology and a master's degree in Gender Studies from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP). 

Includes unique ethnographic data from the Global South to fill a gap where men's prisons are the focus Addresses contemporary issues of reflexive ethnography Engages with debates on governmentality and women’s agency within the penal context