ABSTRACT As an introduction to this special issue on prison education, this article seeks to radically reframe how academic literature addresses and understands the carceral classroom. The primary lens through which prison education is evaluated is as a means of reducing recidivism. In this rhetorical autoethnography, we write back against that assertion, arguing that prison education is far more than a tool for crime reduction. Using a series of autoethnographic glimpses, we offer a view inside the classroom behind bars and demonstrate that prison education is a means of resistance. By choosing to attend classes, prisoners defy gendered norms of hegemonic masculinity in order to resist the societal norm that prisoner lives do not matter.

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当囚犯敢于成为学者时：监狱教育是抵抗

摘要作为对此期监狱教育专题的介绍，本文力求从根本上重新构建学术文献如何论述和理解监狱教室的方式。评估监狱教育的主要手段是减少累犯。在这种夸夸其谈的民族志中，我们反对这一主张，认为监狱教育远不只是减少犯罪的工具。使用一系列的民族志概述，我们在教室后面的教室内提供了一个视图，并证明了监狱教育是抵抗的一种手段。通过选择上课，囚犯无视霸权男子气概的性别规范，以抵制囚犯的生活无所谓的社会规范。