Crime prevention
Imperialism
Informal prison hierarchies
Mercenary
Neocolonialism
Organised crime
Prison Subculture
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
Ukraine
War crimes
War in Ukraine
Dmytro Yagunov: Carceral orders: informal prison hierarchies in contemporary Europe and the political weaponisation of prison subculture
This paper examines informal prison hierarchies in contemporary Europe as sites of political power, social ordering, and geopolitical contestation, with particular focus on the Russian Federation’s deliberate weaponisation of carceral…