Compensations in a Total Institution: The Forms and Functions of Contraband

Abstract

An assessment is made of the deprivations experienced by in voluntary clients of total institutions, particularly prisons. Com pensations made by inmates in response to their restricted circum stances often involve stealing, fabricating, or smuggling in contra band (illicit commodities). Some observations are then made on the reactions by prison correctional officers to prisoners' compensa tions, and a final section is devoted to the forms of contraband in a penitentiary setting.

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