Abstracts
Résumé
À partir d’une enquête qualitative de terrain dans un centre de détention français, cet article interroge les logiques de verdissement des prisons. Il met en lumière le décalage entre le verdissement défini par l’échelon national et la façon dont se l’approprient les personnels pénitentiaires dans l’établissement étudié (qui l’intègrent dans une perspective de sécurisation et d’apaisement de la détention). Il souligne ainsi les contradictions entre les ambitions environnementales et les enjeux sécuritaires et la difficulté à intégrer ces ambitions de la même façon que pour les autres institutions publiques. Cette perspective permet de penser le verdissement pénitentiaire (en particulier le développement de jardins et d’espaces verts) au-delà de la dualité souvent proposée par la littérature scientifique, soit comme facteur de bien-être des détenus soit comme symbole de logiques austère et disciplinaire.
Mots-clés :
- Verdissement,
- prisons vertes,
- discipline,
- jardins,
- centre de détention
Abstract
Based on a qualitative field study in a French detention facility, this article examines the meanings that underly the greening of prisons. It highlights the discrepancy between greening as defined at the national level and how it is appropriated by prison staff in the studied prison (who integrate it into a perspective of security and prisoners’ well-being). This study thus highlights the contradictions between environmental ambitions and security issues, as well as the difficulty of integrating these ambitions in the same way as occurs in other public institutions. This perspective allows for the consideration of prison greening (particularly the development of gardens and green spaces) beyond the duality often proposed by scientific literature, where it is either a factor in inmate well-being or a symbol of austerity and disciplinary logics.
Keywords:
- Greening,
- green prisons,
- discipline,
- gardens,
- detention facility
Resumen
A partir de un estudio de campo cualitativo realizado en un centro de detención francés, este artículo examina los fundamentos de la ecologización de las prisiones. El estudio pone de relieve la discrepancia entre la política de ecologización definida a escala nacional y la forma en que la adopta el personal penitenciario del establecimiento estudiado (que la considera parte de un esfuerzo por hacer que la detención sea más segura y pacífica). El artículo pone también de manifiesto las contradicciones entre las ambiciones medioambientales y las cuestiones de seguridad, así como la dificultad de integrar estas ambiciones en las prisiones de la misma manera que se hace en otras instituciones públicas. Esta perspectiva permite pensar el reverdecimiento de las prisiones (en particular, el desarrollo de jardines y espacios verdes) más allá de la dualidad a menudo propuesta por la literatura científica, ya sea como factor de bienestar de los presos o como símbolo de austeridad y de lógicas disciplinarias.
Palabras clave:
- Reverdecimiento,
- prisiones verdes,
- disciplina,
- jardines,
- centros de detención
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