Fish: A Boy in a Man's Prison

Fish: A Boy in a Man's Prison

2012 · 10 min · Action, Crime, Drama

A 17 year old boy is sent to an adult prison for robbing a Fotomat with a toy gun. He thinks he's going to a minimum security camp where they send non-violent, first-time offenders, but the prison psychologist rattles his world by informing him that he's going inside (inside the walls of a maximum security prison). Shot in the Hampton's, (at the Sag Harbor historic jail) this film is a short adaptation from the award winning book, Fish: A Memoir of A Boy in a Man's Prison.

Directed by T.J. Parsell

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Jerry Broome Prison Psychological Russel
Bryan Dechart T. J. O'Rourke

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