Prisons mixed convict classes to keep lower strata in perpetual conflict

Evidence

The two categories of convict were mixed in the prisons and preferential treatment given to common-law offenders, while convicted journalists and politicians usually enjoyed the right to separate treatment. In short, a whole tactic of confusion aimed at maintaining a permanent state of conflict. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 436

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Prisons function as schools of crime and organized delinquency — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 405; Police used ex-convicts to maintain lower-class hostility toward delinquents — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 436; Prison design deliberately provokes distrust to block prisoner solidarity (+2 more)

Related

• Arbitrary meaningless inmate categories prevent solidarity among camp prisoners (similarity 0.88)
• Police used ex-convicts to maintain lower-class hostility toward delinquents (similarity 0.81)
• Prisons function as schools of crime and organized delinquency (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Prison design deliberately provokes distrust to block prisoner solidarity #complicates (0.82)
• Conflict destructive at one level can integrate the larger group #complicates (0.78) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 280