Walking an EmotionalTightrope: Examining the Carceral Emotion Culture(s) of Federal Prisons for Women in Canada Rachel Fayter 1 and Jennifer M. Kilty 1 Abstract This article examines the role of solidarity as a centrally distinguishing feature of two distinct emotion culture(s) operating in federal prisons for women in Canada. We explore the social interactions between correctional officers and inmates and among criminalized women to understand how group cohe- sion is shaped by the power dynamics between these groups in the prison environment. For correctional officers, solidarity facilitates difficult aspects of their work and enables them to behave antagonistically towards inmates. Despite prison staff’s efforts to disrupt prisoner solidarity, solidarity serves two key functions for criminalized women–emotional coping and resistance to systemic oppression. Keywords criminalized women, correctional officers, solidarity, emotion culture, Canada 1 University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada Corresponding Author: Jennifer M. Kilty, University of Ottawa Department of Criminology, 120 University Private, Ottawa, ON, KIN 6N5, Canada. Email: jkilty@uottawa.ca Article The Prison Journal 2024, Vol. 104(1) 24–45 © 2023 SAGE Publications Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/00328855231212438 journals.sagepub.com/home/tpj