Titre du document / Document title

Mai 68 a-t-il changé la prison française ? = Did May '68 change French prisons?

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

SALLE Grégory ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Institut d'études politiques de Paris, FRANCE

Résumé / Abstract

It was three years after May '68 but still in its wake that the Prison Information Group was created (for which Michel Foucault was one of the spokesmen), following an inmate hunger strike started by members of the maoist organization Gauche prolétarienne. The prison issue then made its entry into the political field, first because all inmates, even common law criminals, were considered by these activists as victims of class society (in this right they were invited to express themselves personally and not be represented by intellectuals); second, because post-May '68 was characterized by a dispersion of the revolutionary struggles into various equally legitimated fields (school, insane asylums, prisons, etc.). While being careful not to acknowledge any relation of cause and effect, the government authorities undertook a prison reform, which got a second wind after 1974 (election of President Giscard d'Estaing), though it remained modest in scope

Revue / Journal Title

Critique internationale   ISSN 1290-7839 

Source / Source

2002, n^o16, pp. 183-195 [13 page(s) (article)], [Note(s): 198 [13 p.]]

Langue / Language

Français

Editeur / Publisher

Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, FRANCE  (1998) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Foucault (M.) ; Far Left ; Reform ; May 68 ; Prison ; Penitentiary system ; France ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Foucault (M.) ; Extrême gauche ; Réforme ; Mai 68 ; Prison ; Système pénitentiaire ; France ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 26969, 35400010189794.0070