Door

A locked door defines the experience of confinement and the purpose of incarceration. The rhythm of opening and closing doors sets the everyday routine of living and working in prison. From entry to release, passing through a door marks a moment of transition between inside and outside. The view through a cell flap describes the narrowing of horizons and inequalities of power which confront incarcerated people. At the same time, a closed door and cell of one’s own might afford a precarious sense of safety, dignity, and belonging absent elsewhere.”