Between community and contempt

This narrative piece presents eight vignettes from formerly incarcerated individuals, reflecting on their experiences of food and food provisioning within federal prisons in Canada. The stories and insights shed light on the negotiation and dynamic interplay between the imposition of unjust policies...

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Main Author: Amanda Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Waterloo 2025-05-01
Series:Canadian Food Studies
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Online Access:https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/693
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description This narrative piece presents eight vignettes from formerly incarcerated individuals, reflecting on their experiences of food and food provisioning within federal prisons in Canada. The stories and insights shed light on the negotiation and dynamic interplay between the imposition of unjust policies and the everyday creativity and persistence of those subject to its harmful carceral logic. In reading these vignettes we can also see how one might create greater moments of freedom and autonomy for incarcerated individuals, as part of a broader project of dismantling and re-imagining responses to harm and trauma.
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spelling doaj-art-d48bfabdcbec4d3ab0e7691067229e332025-08-20T03:09:12ZengUniversity of WaterlooCanadian Food Studies2292-30712025-05-0112110.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i1.693Between community and contemptAmanda Wilson0Université Saint-PaulThis narrative piece presents eight vignettes from formerly incarcerated individuals, reflecting on their experiences of food and food provisioning within federal prisons in Canada. The stories and insights shed light on the negotiation and dynamic interplay between the imposition of unjust policies and the everyday creativity and persistence of those subject to its harmful carceral logic. In reading these vignettes we can also see how one might create greater moments of freedom and autonomy for incarcerated individuals, as part of a broader project of dismantling and re-imagining responses to harm and trauma.https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/693carceral food systemsprison foodCanadian prisons
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title Between community and contempt
title_full Between community and contempt
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prison food
Canadian prisons
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