ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the nature of the inside/outside binary as critiqued within carceral geography. It considers the discourses around the liminality of certain carceral spaces, the construction of carceral spaces outside' the institution. The chapter explores the notion of the embodied reach of the carceral beyond formal spaces of incarceration, through a discussion of transcarceral spaces and inscribed bodies. It examines the scholarship on prison boundaries with wider geographical discourses of bordering and boundary studies, to suggest some future directions this area of inquiry could usefully take. Although carceral geography has made significant advances in understanding the contested nature of the prison boundary, there is still work to be done. The critique of the inside/outside binary of the prison boundary in carceral geography recalls the seductive charm of the border which has preoccupied critical border studies within human geography.
