Prison: The immovable object
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Criminologie, this article takes a retrospective look at its publications on prisons to highlight the contribution Criminologie authors have made to the development of research on institutions that deal with incarceration. Different topics that illustrate the most important tendencies in this body of work are discussed, including the origins of prison and their incarnations in Quebec and Canada, attempts to transform the prison regime based on recognition of detainee rights, a new understanding of detainees as seen through the prism of risk, and the special situation of incarcerated women.