In episode 129, we speak with Dr. William Schultz about something that tends to make institutions uneasy: if prisons are some of the most surveilled spaces in society, how are drugs still getting in? And what happens when the people responsible for security are implicated in bringing them inside?
William J. Schultz is an assistant professor of criminology at MacEwan University in the department of Sociology. He received his MA and PhD in Sociology from the University of Alberta. Will’s research interests center on the life experiences of incarcerated people, the influence of fentanyl and other drugs on prison environments, gangs and radical ideological groups in prison, and how correctional officer cultures impact the daily operations of prisons.
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Get in touch with William:
MacEwan University// schultzw4 AT macewan.edu
Below is the paper authored by William that were
discussed in this episode of The Crim Academy:
Schultz, W. J., Bucerius, S. M., & Haggerty, K. D. (2025). Correctional officers and drug smuggling: Boundary work, horizontal surveillance, and cultural responses to drug entry. Criminology. [link]