The Effects of Prison Siting Practices on Community Status Arrangements: A Framework Applied to the Siting of California State Prisons

Abstract

It is argued at the beginning of this article that positive relations between prison facility and community promote the quality of life of correctional staff, of inmates being reintegrated, and of noncorrectional community members. Then, a “status relations” framework is developed for understanding how prison siting practices affect relations between the prison and the community. Finally, the framework is applied to the siting of California state prisons, including the case of the siting of Pelican Bay State Prison in rural Del Norte County, California.