T.J. Parsell


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T.J. Parsell

T.J. Parsell is a writer and human rights activist dedicated to ending sexual violence against men, women and children in all forms of detention.  He is President of Stop Prisoner Rape, served as a consultant to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission and has recently finished his book,   FISH: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man’s Prison (Carrol & Graf) to be published Fall/2006.

Unsafe Behind Bars
From the New York Times, September 18, 2006: LAST month, Victoria Ruvolo appeared in Suffolk County Court to request leniency for the teenager who nearly killed her when he threw a 20-pound frozen turkey that smashed into her car's windshield. She embraced the 19-year-old, Ryan Cushing, as he sobbed: "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it." Ms. Ruvolo... (CONTINUE)

 

FISH by T.J. Parsell

From The East Hampton Star:

“Fish” glistens with the kind of truth and bravery that remain humanity’s best and only hope for redemption.

From The Los Angeles Times:

"Fish" is a beautiful book .... I cannot imagine a better written memoir of any kind coming along any time soon, I urge you with all my heart to buy it too."

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