prisonizationn.
/ˌprɪzənʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌprɪzəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌprɪzənəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ The fact or process of becoming unduly accustomed to prison culture, resulting in difficulty adjusting to life in the outside world. Cf. institutionalization n.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > adaptation to prison
prisonization1940
1940 D. Clemmer Prison Community xii. 299 We may use the term prisonization to indicate the taking on in greater or less degree of the folk~ways, mores, customs, and general culture of the penitentiary.
1942 Mod. Law Rev. 5 287 In the final chapter an attempt is made to assess the extent of assimilation or ‘prisonisation’ that takes place among inmates.
1972 E. Heffernan Making it in Prison ii. 32 If any category may be considered ‘new’ to prisonization, it is the professional, with shorter sentence length..and fewer total years in an institutional atmosphere.
1997 M. Abu-Jamal in W. L. Van Deburg Mod. Black Nationalism iii. xxxvi. 365 We are..talking about..the prisonisation of America. You have over one million people locked up in prisons and jails in the US right now.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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