01998nam 2200457 450 991081999730332120230804173258.00-8040-4109-1(CKB)4100000011267015(MiAaPQ)EBC6211801(OCoLC)1156090612(MdBmJHUP)musev2_90038(EXLCZ)99410000001126701520200901d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJail speak /Ben LangstonAthens, Ohio :Swallow Press/Ohio University Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (219 pages)0-8040-1225-3 "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.Correctional personnelPennsylvaniaBiographyPrisonersPennsylvaniaPrisonsPennsylvaniaPennsylvaniafastCorrectional personnelPrisonersPrisons365.92Langston Ben1976-1645738MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819997303321Jail speak3992396UNINA