{"product_id":"jail-speak-ben-langston-9780804012256","title":"Jail Speak","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Call me what you want--corrections officer, C.O., guard, jailcop, turnkey--I helped keep people there against their will. For this, the jail rewarded me with food.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ben Langston took a job at the State Correctional Institute 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJail Speak\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Langston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804012253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804012256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Swallow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Ben Langston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983733326079,"sku":"9780804012256","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a9cf51e-e29a-4ecd-8d30-e3fdd7038803.jpg?v=1683268396","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jail-speak-ben-langston-9780804012256","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}