SSSP 2026 Annual Meeting

Date: TBD

Time: TBD

CFP 88 - Regular: Mass Incarceration and Perpetual Punishment II
Room: TBD

Sponsor: Crime and Justice

Organizer: Kristen M. Budd, The Sentencing Project

Presider: Jennifer M. Carpenter, Georgia State University

Description: 

This series on mass incarceration examines the intersection of mass incarceration and the U.S. criminal legal system’s overreliance on perpetual punishment. Perpetual punishment is broadly defined to include the pains of incarceration, extreme sentencing, denials of legal relief, and other collateral consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. This session focuses on punishment, collateral consequences, reentry, and the challenges of living in community after incarceration.

Papers:

“Circles of Support for Formerly Incarcerated Citizens,” Esme Lezama Ruiz and Betsy Miller, Marquette University, Eugene Nelson, Project Return and Ed de St. Aubin, Marquette University

“Evaluating Participant Insights on Substance Use Treatment and Reentry Preparation in Jail,” Alennys Gabriella Taveras Seda, Leslie Cuddy, Michael Caudy and Jill Viglione, University of Central Florida

“Examining and Comparing the Specific Needs of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Individuals after Criminal Justice Involvement,” Jennifer M. Carpenter, Georgia State University

“Indignant Citizens: Strategizing Belonging by Family Members of People on the Sex Offender Registry,” Maggie Buckridge, University of California, Irvine, Chrysanthi Leon, University of Delaware, Ashley Kilmer, Towson University and Lucy Nistler, University of Delaware

“Life in the Impenitentiary: An Autoethnographic Study of Mass Incarceration, Perpetual Punishment, and Convict Consciousness,” Robert Northman, Portland State University

“The Role of Sports in the Rehabilitation Process from the Perspective of a Formerly Incarcerated Man: A Longitudinal Case Study,” Johannes Müller, University of Vienna