1. Introduction Inmate Governance in Latin America. Context, trends and conditions
Part I. Emergence and Transformations
2. Governance and Legitimacy in Brazilian Prison: From Solidarity Committees to the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) in São Paulo
3. Tales from La Catedral: the Narco and the Reconfiguration of Prison Social Order in Colombia
4. Provós, Representantes, Agentes: The Evolution of Prison Governance Arrangements in the Dominican Republic's Prison Reform Process
Part II. Dynamics and variations
5. The carceral reproduction of neoliberal order: Power, ideology and economy in Venezuelan prison
6. Enduring lock-up. Co-governance and exception in Nicaragua's hybrid carceral system
7. Co-governance of dialogue: hegemony in a Brazilian prison
8. A Decolonial and Depatriarchal approach to Women's Imprisonment: Co-governance, legal pluralism and gender at Santa Mónica prison, Perú
9. Evangelical Wings and Prison Governance in Argentina
Part III. Alternatives?
10. The 'prisoner-entrepreneur'. Responsibilization and co-governance at Punta de Rieles prison in Uruguay
11. Radical Alternatives to Criminal Detention
12. Epilogue. Inmate Governance in Latin America. Comparative and theoretical notes.