Since the inception of the first modern Canadian carceral structure in 1835, the prison library has existed. The condition of the prison libraries in Canadian federal institutions, as well as the diversity and quantity of their content has changed dramatically over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The modern-day federal prison library mirrors, in many ways, its “outside” Canadian public library counterpart. This thesis does not attempt to dispute or affirm the likeness between the Canadian prison and public library. Instead, in this thesis, I examine the evolution of the library from a space that reinforced hegemonic carceral control to a space where inmates could seek refuge and sanctuary. The first half of the thesis charts the emergence of the library as a, what I have termed, space mercy. This conceptualization of the library is inspired by Douglas Hay’s concept of mercy, in criminal law, as an ideological tool to reinforce hegemony. In the second half of the thesis I present a case study of the William Head Institution on Vancouver Island. Through the consulting of inmate publications, interviews, questionnaires, and other primary source material I posit that the prison library has evolved into a site of sanctuary. This term is taken from Laura Madokoro’s public history project Sites of Sanctuary. The site of sanctuary differs from the space of mercy in a number of ways and marked a distinct shift in the function and use of the prison library, by inmates, in Canada’s federal carceral institutions. / Graduate / 2021-07-20

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Orientador: Oswaldo Francisco de Almeida Júnior / Resumo: A ideia amplamente disseminada pela Ciência da Informação (CI) sobre a existência de uma suposta “Sociedade da Informação” – em que todos os jovens que nasceram nos últimos vinte anos, período em que houve o surgimento e popularização da internet, seriam membros de uma geração que sabe lidar facilmente com tecnologias – pode ser uma proposição bastante perniciosa à sociedade, tendo em vista que muitos grupos sociais aparentemente não fazem parte deste cenário. Um desses grupos é formado pelos jovens encarcerados, pois grande parte deles chega ao cárcere com graves carências vinculadas à estrutura familiar, à educação básica e ao letramento. Diante desse cenário, este estudo é norteado pelo problema acerca de como são as práticas informacionais dos jovens encarcerados no Centro de Detenção Provisória de Serra Azul, no que se refere à mediação e à apropriação dos dispositivos informacionais. O objetivo foi investigar como são as práticas informacionais desses jovens antes e após adentrarem ao CDP de Serra Azul com relação à mediação e à apropriação dos dispositivos informacionais. Além disso, buscou-se identificar quem são esses detentos, verificar os motivos pelos quais se encontram na unidade de detenção, criar quadros comparativos acerca das mudanças nas práticas informacionais antes e após o cárcere, averiguar as limitações e possibilidades da biblioteca prisional com relação ao acesso e apropriação desse dispositivo, descrever ações mediadoras no sentido de compreender de ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The idea widely disseminated by Information Science (CI) about the existence of a supposed “Information Society” - in which all the young people born in the last twenty years, during which the internet emerged and became popular, would be members of a A generation that can easily handle technologies - can be a very pernicious proposition to society, given that many social groups are apparently not part of this scenario. One of these groups is made up of incarcerated young people, as most of them reach prison with serious shortages linked to family structure, basic education and literacy. Given this scenario, this study is guided by the problem of how are the informational practices of young people incarcerated at the Serra Azul Provisional Detention Center, regarding mediation and appropriation of informational devices. The objective was to investigate how are the informational practices of these young people before and after entering the Serra Azul CDP regarding the mediation and appropriation of informational devices. In addition, we sought to identify who these detainees are, to verify the reasons for their detention, to create comparative tables about changes in informational practices before and after prison, to investigate the limitations and possibilities of the prison library in relation to the prison. access and appropriation of this device, describe mediating actions in order to understand how these actions develop in the daily life of the prison, such as the readin... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Résumé: L’idée largement répandue par la science de l’information (CI) de l’existence d’une prétendue «société de l’information» - dans laquelle tous les jeunes nés au cours des vingt dernières années, au cours desquels Internet est apparu et est devenu populaire, serait membre d’un Une génération capable de gérer facilement les technologies peut être une proposition très pernicieuse pour la société, étant donné que de nombreux groupes sociaux ne font apparemment pas partie de ce scénario. L'un de ces groupes est constitué de jeunes incarcérés, car la plupart d'entre eux se retrouvent en prison avec de graves pénuries liées à la structure familiale, à l'éducation de base et à l'alphabétisation. Compte tenu de ce scénario, cette étude est guidée par le problème suivant: comment les pratiques informationnelles des jeunes incarcérés au centre de détention provisoire de Serra Azul concernent-elles la médiation et l’appropriation de dispositifs informatifs? L’objectif était d’enquêter sur la manière dont les pratiques informationnelles de ces jeunes avant et après leur entrée dans le CDP de Serra Azul en ce qui concerne la médiation et l’appropriation de dispositifs informationnels. En outre, nous avons cherché à identifier qui sont ces détenus, à vérifier les raisons de leur détention, à créer des tableaux comparatifs sur les modifications des pratiques en matière d'information avant et après la prison, à enquêter sur les limites et les possibilités de la bibliothèque de la prison par ra... (Résumé complet accès életronique ci-dessous) / Doutor