Prisons in the Wizarding World: Symptoms of Failing Democracy by Marjolaine Martin
Автор: Harry Potter Academic Conference
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Marjolaine Martin Presents: Prisons in the Wizarding World: Symptoms of Failing Democracy
Harry Potter Academic Conference 2025
Abstract
The state of prisons of a country is a symptom of the democratic health of its regime, usually one that most people don’t want to think about. In my Muggle life, I have worked for the French Ministry of Justice, at the research office of the Directorate of Prison Administration, for three years now. It made me rethink how prisons are depicted in fiction, and as a Potterhead, Azkaban was in my mind a lot. This presentation shares some of my reflections on the historical references of Azkaban in the British, U.S., and French history of prisons. It presents the basics on how to think about the prison’s role in society today and how it translates in the wizarding world. It explains why Dementors are horrible prison guards (quite obvious), but also why it makes sense the Ministry of Magic used them (and what it says about the Ministry). The mental “health” (or mental damage) in prisons will be explored through Potter characters who were incarcerated and what it illustrates in the real world. This presentation will make attendees think for a moment of the “sense of the prison sentence” in both the wizarding world and our Muggle world and why we should all have these questions to our leaders.
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