T.J. Parsell

Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison (2006)

FISH is one man's account of what it was like being arrested at 17 for robbery with a toy gun, tried as an adult, and sent to prison for years. (The term "Fish" refers to new prisoners.) The memoir is a very powerful and moving account of the U.S.'s prisons and correctional system, and their sh...