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Launched in 2004, Champ pénal/Penal Field is a free, open access electronic periodical. Multidisciplinary, it publishes robust contributions promoting the analysis of the sociological, political, historical and legal discourses, instruments and practices shaping the penal field.  Dedicated to bilingual publishing, it aims to facilitate an international academic dialogue; the journal accepts manuscript proposals and/or dossiers in either French or English.  It also sponsors an active translation policy of the texts/issues published on its site. It is now supported by the INSHS of the CNRS. The articles are to be sent to champ.penal@gmail.com

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39 | 2026 (Open issue)
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Numéro ouvert le 28 avril 2026

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35 | 2025
Relations intimes et détention

Enjeux, transformations et continuités
Intimacy and incarceration : how the question has changed, and how it hasn't
Edited by Audrey Higelin Cruz and Altea Vaccaro
Couverture n° 35
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Credits: Audrey Higelin Cruz

This special issue examines conjugal and intimate relationships under the constraints of incarceration. Prison, as a social laboratory, amplifies dynamics of gender, class, and race, reshaping the boundaries of couplehood. The contributions investigate the institutional frameworks governing intimacy in France (family visiting units, rehabilitation programs), and the reflexivity required in fieldwork. They show how the penal institution produces, regulates, and ranks forms of intimacy, often through heterosexual and gendered norms. They also highlight the gap between formal and actual rights, the tensions between reintegration and control, and the epistemic role of researchers’ positions. By combining different perspectives, this issue argues that couples in prison are not merely weakened by incarceration but are continuously (re)constructed through institutional arrangements, surveillance regimes, and situated interactions.

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