Éradiquer l’homosexualité en prison

The principle of cell imprisonment was introduced into French law on the 5th of June 1875. Inextricably linked to the nineteenth century reform of the penitentiary system, this model of imprisonment aimed to replace collective dormitories with individual cells. From the Restoration to the Third Repu...

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Main Author: Quentin Markarian
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Language:English
Published: Criminocorpus 2025-05-01
Series:Criminocorpus
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/criminocorpus/17382
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description The principle of cell imprisonment was introduced into French law on the 5th of June 1875. Inextricably linked to the nineteenth century reform of the penitentiary system, this model of imprisonment aimed to replace collective dormitories with individual cells. From the Restoration to the Third Republic, this shift in regime was supported for its ability to eradicate homosexuality in prison. The sexual obsession and panic provoked by the “capital vice of communal dormitories” are especially evident in the writings of penal science, government inquiries, as well as parliamentary works and debates that gave rise to the law of June 5, 1875. Historically built on a heteronormative discourse, the cell remains a legal and architectural pillar of contemporary penal prisons.
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Éradiquer l’homosexualité en prison
Criminocorpus
prisons
prison reform
prison homosexuality
prison cell history
heteronormativity
cell imprisonment
title Éradiquer l’homosexualité en prison
title_full Éradiquer l’homosexualité en prison
title_fullStr Éradiquer l’homosexualité en prison
title_full_unstemmed Éradiquer l’homosexualité en prison
title_short Éradiquer l’homosexualité en prison
title_sort eradiquer l homosexualite en prison
topic prisons
prison reform
prison homosexuality
prison cell history
heteronormativity
cell imprisonment
url https://journals.openedition.org/criminocorpus/17382
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