Work as a drama: The experience of former prisoners in the labour market

This article is based on an ethnographic study that took place between 2014and 2016 in Romania. We followed up 58 ex-prisoners (of whom 28 were Roma) for one year after release, in order to develop a deeper understanding of what their experiences mean to them, their resources, their symbols, the obstacles they encounter and their strategies in the re-entry process. Using a dramaturgical coding approach (Saldaña, 2005), we have identified...