kalinti vyri kumai Lietuvos nuteist j subkultūroje ir Lenkijos nuteist j podkultūroje

The relation between masculinity as a social construct and criminology is significant to the investigation of criminality. Therefore, correctional facilities and prisons become important spaces for the masculinity researchers. According to D. F. Sabo, T. A. Kupers and W. J. London, prison is a masculine space that expands power relations and hegemonic masculinity. Gender and sexuality are a foremost means of controlling power relations in a prison space.Using the qualitative research (interviews and observation), the article examines the construction of masculinity in the Lithuanian and Polish correctional facilities. The research demonstrates that in Lithuania the conception of “imprisoned” masculinity is based strictly on a criminal subculture. The Lithuanian subculture is a reflection of masculine norms that defines what a convict should be if he wants to occupy the highest position. However, the Polish criminal “podculture” is not as important to convicts, and masculinity is less related to it.The Lithuanian prisoners’ masculinity is largely influenced by the prison subculture. On the contrary, in Poland the convicts’ masculinity is dynamic and based on individual experience. The different levels of an informal prison law determine a choice of certain forms of masculinity. It should also be noted that in both the Lithuanian and Polish imprisonment facilities financial capital influences imensely a concept of masculinity.