Incarceration of Society: The Political Economy of the Carceral Interest
The political interest in preserving and expanding the carceral system has at least four interrelated dimensions, the manifestations of which can be traced
How to Ensure That Prisoners Have Access to the Protection of Their Rights: an Online Conference on Prisoners’ Access to Justice
We are pleased to invite you to an online conference on #prisoners’ access to #justice, organised by the European Prison Litigation Network, the
Dmytro Yagunov: Homo Disciplinatus: Discipline, Imprisonment, Ill-Treatment and the Expansion of Social Control
Michel Foucault’s analysis in Discipline and Punish remains one of the most productive theoretical instruments for understanding how power organises the bodies, space
The Torture Quasi-Compromise During Mobilisation: From “Busification” to Systemic Violations of Article 3 ECHR
The absolute prohibition of torture is an unconditional and immeasurably important idea of modern constitutionalism and international human rights law. It is not
Dmytro Yagunov: Carceral orders: informal prison hierarchies in contemporary Europe and the political weaponisation of prison subculture
This paper examines informal prison hierarchies in contemporary Europe as sites of political power, social ordering, and geopolitical contestation, with particular focus on
The Odesa Pre-Trial Detention Centre: How “Institutional Security” Became the Official Pretext for Concealing Deaths, Suicides, and Torture
On 4 August 2026 I submitted a request for public information to the South-Central Interregional Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Punishments of
The Kremlin’s “Patsan” Diplomacy: A Foreign Policy Governed by Prison “Rules”
On 28 August 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared once again, in yet another interview, that all questions concerning Ukraine must be
Rita Haverkamp, Dmytro Yagunov: The Carceral Continuum – How Transitions Have Reshaped Social Control in Eastern Europe
The countries of Eastern Europe constitute a unique setting for studying profound transformations of social control. In no other region of the world
Dmytro Yagunov: Between Doctrine and Reality: The Institutional Fragility of the Absolute Prohibition of Torture
I am pleased to announce the publication of my new article, “Between Doctrine and Reality: The Institutional Fragility of the Absolute Prohibition of
Toth and Crișan v. Romania: Defining the Limits of Police Officers’ Privacy in the Age of Facebook
8 April 2016, two local police officers in Oradea fined a woman and her mother for leaving household waste beside the wrong bin.