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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"When Ben Langston took a job at the State Correctional Institution at Rockview, it was because there were few other options. At his previous job-putting labels on water bottles-he did not have cups of human waste thrown in his face. He did not have to finger sweaty armpits in search of weapons. There were no threats against his life. But the jail paid better. Jail Speak is a memoir written from a guard's perspective. It's about the grind, about dehumanization, drama, punishment, and the cycles of harm perpetrated by the prison industry. It's about masculinity and conformity and emotional detachment. It's a look at the inside that you didn't want to know about, and it's for mature audiences only. Know your limits"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Be a Man, Man -- Gravity -- Melvin -- How to Stop Being Too Poor to Propose -- D-Ranging -- The Man Factory -- Strip, Separate -- Huddle Up -- Compounded -- Breaking Things -- Without Control, It Could Get Criminal -- Goon Types -- Chumpy Joint Johns -- House of Stain -- Alternating Currents -- Natural Manliness -- Hayyyyyyy -- Flushed -- Hecho en E Block -- Chickenshits -- A Jailcop's Glossary of Terms for Jail Copulation -- Jail-Bred -- Paper Clips -- A Timeline of a Condition -- Coarse Grinds -- Trolls -- Grace -- American Cockroaches -- Chunks of Ugly |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Langston, Ben, 1976-
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State Correctional Institution at Rockview (Pa.)
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State Correctional Institution at Rockview (Pa.) |
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Langston, Ben, 1976- |
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Correctional personnel -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.
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Correctional personnel. |
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Pennsylvania. |
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Biographies.
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Prisoners -- Pennsylvania.
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Prisoners. |
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Prisons -- Pennsylvania.
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Prisons. |
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Langston, Ben, 1976- Jail speak. Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press/Ohio Univeristy Press, [2020] 9780804012256 (DLC) 2020001361 (OCoLC)1126800167 |
| ISBN |
9780804041096 (electronic book) |
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0804041091 (electronic book) |
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9780804012256 |
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0804012253 |
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