SOCI 397

The topic for 2026-2027 is Prisons, Power, and Violence. This course centers the experiences of current and formerly incarcerated people to examine how our understandings of penology and carcerality are reproduced and maintained through various forms of state sanctioned violence(s). By [re] conceptualizing our understanding(s) of punishment and justice, students will explore how our prison system is underpinned by colonial logic, racial violence, and other forms of oppression. This course calls into question the role and function of prisons in [Canadian] society.