Social work in confinement: the spatiality of social work in carceral settings

Abstract. Social work in prisons not only works with and for people who are confined; it also constitutes a form of social that is carried out under conditions confinement. This article draws on carceral geography to understand the corporeal spatial aspects prison settings. Based insights from two Switzerland, we argue understanding as materially situated practice helps gain deep insight into intricate layers meaning powerful modes functioning involved. In particular, shows how way supported strongly structured by spatiality itself, allowing counselling, desk-type work, rather than actively initiates creates spaces encounters or activities.