Hallam Tuck

Hallam is a Lecturer in Criminology at City, University of London, having joined the department in September 2023. Within the field of Border Criminology, his research interests lie at the intersections of punishment, migration control, citizenship, and race.

Hallam's doctoral research project examined how the growing integration of criminal justice and migration control has transformed the US Federal Prison system, focusing on a series of outsourced, all-foreign facilities called 'Criminal Alien Requirement' prisons. Drawing on the testimonies of incarcerated people, this work traces how prisons have become critical sites for the definition of national membership in racial terms.
 

Alongside research on the United States of America, Hallam maintains an interest in the comparative study of criminal justice and border control across national jurisdictions. He is currently collaborating with Dr. Dorina Damsa (Norwegian Institute for Social Research) and Dr. Nicole Marie Ostrand (University of Oslo) on a project exploring the evolution of bordered penality in the US, UK, and Norway.