ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the significance of 'race' in the way prisoners engage in sport and recreation. It draws on a prison study in the north of England, with a view to understanding what sport means for prisoners and what import 'race' may have on this process. The prison system in England and Wales has had a chequered history where 'race' and racism are concerned. Racially underpinned was endorsed by the bureaucracy that ignored the conspicuous racial dynamics by maintaining a neutral position. Norman, L. suggests that prisoners refashion the implicit social control agenda of sport, using it to resist and disrupt the hegemony of the institution. Ethnicity has been argued to be a major factor affecting how people access, engage and experience sport and leisure. On the nearside of the gym there are a couple of small tutorial rooms and a larger classroom used for a range of gym-based education courses.
