1. Prisonization Study
... would fall under this stage of Van Maanen's model. It is during this time that inmates begin to gravitate toward either the culture of the prison staff or the subculture of fellow inmates. Finally, the metamorphosis stage most closely resembles the actual prisonization process. Inmates become absorbed into one of the two competing cultures in the prison setting. A high degree of prisonization manifests itself through close connection with ... the inmate subculture and minimal connection with the administrative culture. Low degree of prisonization, on the other hand, indicates more of a ...
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