Parsell held up the local Photo Mat with a toy gun, he was sentenced to four and a half to fifteen years in prison.
Fish is the first breakout story to do that. Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Mans Prison by Parsell, T. Since life behind bars is so often exploited by television and movie re-enactments, the real story has yet to be told. He gives voice to countless others who have been exposed to an incarceration system that turns a blind eye to the abuse of the prisoners in its charge. For the first time Parsell, one of America’s leading spokespeople for prison reform, shares the story of his coming of age behind bars. In an effort to silence the guilt and pain of its victims, the issue of prisoner rape is a story that has not been told. Forced to remain silent about his rape by a convict code among inmates (one in which informers are murdered), Parsell’s experience that first night haunted him throughout the rest of his sentence. When they were through, they flipped a coin to decide who would “own” him. Parsell, author of Fish, either by some natural capacity or some infused grace whose chief characteristic is a refusal to give up on us as human.
The first night of his term, four older inmates drugged Parsell and took turns raping him. "Behind These Walls Memoir Details Life Altering Events in Prison". Parsell talked about his memoir Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison, published by Carroll and Graf. Review of Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison". ^ Lee, Christopher (January 25, 2007).
The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine). "Boy behind bars: the gay president of the Stop Prisoner Rape human rights lobby bares his soul in a remarkable new memoir recounting his four years in prison-beginning at age 17". ^ Lisotta, Christopher (7 November 2006).
"LA Times Book Review: Commitment to Goodness Transcends Past in Fish".
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