%0 Journal Article %T The Society of Captives in an Ethiopian Prison %A Ian O¡¯Donnell %J The Prison Journal %@ 1552-7522 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0032885519836947 %X Much has been written about the challenges of prison life. Dominant themes¡ªhearkening back to the classic work of Gresham Sykes in The Society of Captives¡ªinclude the pains of confinement, prisoner-staff power dynamics, the argot roles that shed light on the values of the prisoner society, and the struggle to find and maintain a stable equilibrium. But our understanding tends to be rooted in research carried out in Europe and the United States. This account of an Ethiopian prison returns to Sykes¡¯s work, with a view to adding some necessary nuance to contemporary debates about the carceral society %K Ethiopia %K imprisonment %K Gresham Sykes %K power relations %K pains of confinement %K argot roles %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0032885519836947