Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Telling Tales: State Talk, Con Talk, and Back Talk 1
5. Introducing the Men 20
6. Inside Out
7. Being In: Negotiating Prison 37
8. Getting Out: Finding a Way to the Street 53
9. Starting Out: Halfway There 68
10. Outside in
11. Negotiating ‘Freedom’: Echoes and Reverberations 87
12. Identity: Fractured and Fragmented Selves 97
13. Stigma: Negative Expectations and Amazing Reversals 110
14. Home and Homelessness: Being In and Out of Place 127
15. Work and Finance: Navigating the New Economy 140
16. Interactions: Etiquette, Intimacy, and Fitting In 153
17. Final Thoughts: Understanding Life outside “the Rabbit Hole” 167
18. Epilogue 174
19. Appendix: Methodological Considerations 178
20. Notes 188
21. References 195
22. Index 210
23. Law and Society 219