The 1972 Parramatta Jail Glossary

In 1972, a group of prisoners at Parramatta Jail in Sydney put together a glossary of prison words and phrases. It is a list of 362 words with definitions.   Many of the terms describe life in the prison, including punishments, the psychological effects of incarceration, and male to male sex. Others come from the prisoners' encounters with police and the legal system or from the prisoners' place in a wider underworld or criminal culture.   The book examines the social functions of