Reply #5: Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison

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On Saturday, December 30 at 1:00 pm and Sunday, December 31 at 1:00 am
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Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison
T.J. Parsell

In this event from the UCLA School of Law, author T.J. Parsell describes his first-hand experiences as a victim of prison rape. He went to prison at age 17, after holding up a Photomat with a toy gun. He was gang raped his first day in prison and then his fellow inmates flipped a coin to decide who would "own" him. Mr. Parsell is currently the president of Stop Prisoner Rape. He talks about testifying before Congress in support of the Prisoner Rape Elimination Act of 2003, which provided for a commission to hold hearings and issue standards, in an attempt to hold corrections officials responsible for rapes that happen on their watch.

T.J. Parsell is the president of Stop Prisoner Rape and is a consultant to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. He testified in favor of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, which passed in 2003.