Enrique Olivares-Pelayo

Enrique Alan Olivares-Pelayo is a University Fellowship Award recipient and doctoral candidate in geography at the University of Arizona’s School of Geography, Development, and Environment. His autoethnographic research in carceral geography and critical criminology is informed by his experiences serving four years in the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry. Utilizing qualitative methods, Enrique investigates the production and maintenance of carceral spaces and the attendant processes of racialization present within American prisons. In addition to his academic research agenda, Enrique is the Safety Incubator Program Manager with Just Communities Arizona, serving the communities most deeply impacted by Arizona’s punishment system.

Bloch, S., & Olivares‐Pelayo, E. A. (2024). Prison geographies: Nine disciplinary approaches. Geography Compass, 18(3), e12742.

Bloch, S., & Olivares-Pelayo, E. A. (2024). Captive bodies, prison geographies, and the somatic carceral condition. Progress in Human Geography, 48(1), 3-17.

Bloch, S., & Olivares-Pelayo, E. A. (2024). Carceral racialization, prison segregation, and the Integrated Housing Program in Arizona. Theoretical Criminology, 28(2), 212-231.

Olivares-Pelayo, E. A. (2023). Politics and prison ink in Arizona: a map for navigation in a world of post-structural violence. Journal of the Southwest, 65(3), 302-313.

Bloch, S., & Olivares‐Pelayo, E. A. (2021). Carceral geographies from inside prison gates: the micro politics of everyday racialisation. Antipode, 53(5), 1319-1338.