Free? What may we learn from prisons

I propose a talk on the interaction between freedom and its ultimate opposite: The prison.

The prison is a useful metaphor - in literature, in psychology, in political science, in business. I propose a talk on

• Free vs. prisoner; how do we react when we are free, how do we react as prisoners?
• The mindset of the prisoner versus that of the free customer / employee / manager
• Interaction between the free and the prisoners - whether managers, employees or prisoners.

In the talk, I'd draw on my experience from the prison world as well as criminological and rational choice theory.