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Author Parsell, T. J., author.

Title Fish : a memoir of a boy in a man's prison / T.J. Parsell
Edition First Carroll & Graf trade pbk. edition
Published New York : Carroll & Graf, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 324 pages)
Contents Camp Dearborn -- Last chance for romance -- The absence of drama -- Who's angrier than who? -- Chain reactions -- Safety in numbers -- Early induction to an inverted world -- The big blue wagon ride -- Prison transfer -- Convict orientation -- Quarantine -- Riverside correctional facility -- Lasting impressions -- Slide step's squeeze -- Lessons in streetball -- Blemished masculinities -- What's in a name anyway? -- Careful what you ask for -- Taken by surprise -- Compromising choices -- What's my lie? -- What's under the covers? -- Help ain't gonna come runnin' no time soon -- You never know where it's coming from -- When all else fails -- Black Panther -- Greener grass -- Consider yourself part of the family -- The oracle -- Head games and power trips -- Go for the grab-- Wolf tickets -- Broken promises -- I will arise and go now
Summary A spokesperson for prison rape awareness describes how his imprisonment was marked by sexual brutality, reveals the code of silence that results in the murder of informants, and the impact of his experiences on his subsequent sense of identity
Notes Previously published in hardcover, 2006
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Subject Parsell, T. J.
SUBJECT Parsell, T. J. fast
Subject Prisoners -- United States -- Biography
Prison psychology -- United States
Prison violence -- United States
Male rape -- United States
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
Male rape
Prison psychology
Prison violence
Prisoners
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780786733019
0786733012