Choral singing in prisons can help incarcerated individuals identify as returning citizens instead of felons. Shadd Maruna argues that while many legal and penal rituals exist to convince individuals to identify as “offenders,” few such rituals are in place to reconnect formerly incarcerated people to identify as community members outside of prisons. Maruna describes successful reintegration rituals as symbolic and emotive, repetitive, community-based, and infused with a dynamic of challenge and achievement; they give form to political and social processes that enable successful reentry. I maintain that choral singing models positive reintegration rituals that promote prosocial connections between returning citizens and the societies to which they are restored.

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监狱合唱：支持归国公民的循证活动

在监狱中合唱可以帮助被监禁的人识别为回归公民而不是重罪犯。沙德·马鲁纳 (Shadd Maruna) 认为，虽然存在许多法律和刑事仪式来说服个人认定为“罪犯”，但很少有此类仪式能够将以前被监禁的人重新联系起来，以将其认定为监狱外的社区成员。Maruna 将成功的重返社会仪式描述为象征性和情感性、重复性、以社区为基础，并充满挑战和成就的动力；它们为能够成功重返大气层的政治和社会进程提供了形式。我坚持认为合唱是积极的重返社会仪式的典范，可以促进回归公民与他们所恢复的社会之间的亲社会联系。