Understanding Prisoner Behavior

What is it about?

A prisoner refuses to work. Another inverts victorian values about sexuality. Two prisoners exchange love letters under a regime in which prisoners are forbidden to lay eyes on one another, let alone speak to each other. Are these examples of resistance or simply examples of prisoners behaving as many human beings would in similar situations?

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Why is it important?

This article questions previous interpretations of prisoner behavior as "resistance" when this behavior is not accompanied by clear intentions. Instead, it suggests that we can think of behavior that violates rules, but that might not be intentionally political, as "friction."