Histories and Philosophies of Carceral Education

Section one: pre-carceral education.- Chapter 1. Virgil in the Cage: Understanding Prison Consultancy, JC Oleson, Auckland University.-Section Two: restrictions and opportunities .- Chapter 2. Training the trapped or moving forward together: (In)equality, (Im)mobility and corrections education, Susan Hopkins, University of Southern Queensland.- Chapter 3. Higher education for all: Prisoners, social justice, and digital technology, Helen Farley, Department of Corrections, New Zealand and Stephen Seymour, University of Southern Queensland.- Chapter 4. Epistemic Injustice and College in Prison: How Liberal Arts Education Strengthens Epistemic Agency, Daniel McGloin, Wesleyan Center for Prison Education Academic Development.- Chapter 5. Educational Methods that Promote Autonomy in Female Inmates, Laia Moretó Alvarado, Universitat de Barcelona.- Chapter 6. The difficult art of higher education delivery in prison, Nicoletta Policek, University of Cumbria.- Chapter 7. A fast track to knowledge: Using virtual reality for learning in prisons, Jimmy McLauchlan, Methodist Mission Southern and Helen Farley, Department of Corrections, New Zealand.- Section Three: Possible Curricula: Religion, sex and the basics.- Chapter 8. Collaborative post-basic adult educational provision in Scottish prisons, Jack Dyce, Scottish College.- Chapter 9. Managing their Needs, Managing their Risks - the Education of Sex Offenders in the United States, Roger Benefiel, Bloomsburg University.- Chapter 10. The past, present and future of education programs for individuals who sexually offend, Suzanne Reich, University of Southern Queensland and Sharon Klamer, Forensic Psychology Consultants.- Chapter 11. 

Marcus K Harmes is Professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He has published extensively in the fields of religious and political history, with a particular emphasis on British religious history and popular culture. He is the author of numerous studies on the church in modern popular culture, especially on film and television, including book chapters in the collections Doctor Who and Race and Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith.
Barbara Harmes lectures at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Her doctoral research focussed on the discursive controls built around sexuality in late-nineteenth-century England. Her research interests include cultural studies and religion. She has published in areas including modern Australian politics, 1960s American television and her original field of Victorian literature.

Meredith Harmes teaches communication and also works in the enabling programs at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. Her research interests include modern British and Australian politics and popular culture in Britain and America.