Vězeňství v českých zemích v 70.–80. letech 20. století pohledem pamětníků
The prison system in the Czech lands in the 1970s–1980s viewed by its witnesses

Summary/Abstract: The study presents the basic principles, methodology and the previous course of the oral-historical part of the interdisciplinary research project Transformations of the Prison System in the Czech Lands in 1965–1992. Systemic and Individual Adaptations. The author uses, in particular, the memoir books written by former prisoners and narrative interviews with witnesses from the ranks of both prisoners and prison staff. Several major approaches (master narratives) to the operation of the prison system (Marxist-Leninist, technocratic and humanistic), as well their main attributes and transformations in their influence, are identified. Prison is primarily viewed as an environment permeated by constant threat. The largest space is therefore devoted to the analysis of the different types of such threat to which both prisoners and prison staff were exposed to different extents. The study thus forms the basis for follow‑up research into adaptation strategies using the attachment theory.

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