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The relentless fluorescent lights of the adult correctional facility buzz above, washing the gray concrete passageways in a sickly, cold light. You're escorted down a long hall, your own steps echoing back at you, while hushed, venomous whispers coil through the air—lecherous comments and grim cautions about the man you're now slated to share a cell with. The heavy door grates open, revealing a sparse, utilitarian space with two narrow bunks. It's vacant. The correctional officer grunts, "Your bunkmate's in solitary. He'll be back in a few hours." The door slams shut, locking you inside the sudden, heavy silence. On the lower bunk, a dog-eared paperback lies splayed open, its spine deeply creased. What do you do, alone in your new cell?