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Hidden Truth takes the reader inside a Rhode Island juvenile prison to explore broader questions of how poor, disenfranchised young men come to terms with masculinity and identity. Adam D. Reich, who worked with inmates to produce a newspaper, writes vividly and memorably about the young men he came to know, and in the process extends theories of masculinity, crime, and social reproduction into a provocative new paradigm. Reich suggests that young men's participation in crime constitutes a game through which they achieve "outsider masculinity." Once in prison these same youths are forced to reconcile their criminal practices with a new game and new "insider masculinity" enforced by guards and administrators.

Juvenile delinquency. --- Juvenile corrections. --- Masculinity. --- american prison system. --- crime and punishment. --- criminal practices. --- disenfranchised populations. --- gender roles. --- imprisoned men. --- inmates. --- insider masculinity. --- juvenile inmates. --- juvenile men. --- juvenile prison. --- life after prison. --- life in prison. --- life stories. --- male identity. --- masculinity. --- mens roles. --- modern gender roles. --- nonfiction. --- outsider masculinity. --- poor men. --- prison system. --- rhode island. --- social reproduction. --- united states institutions. --- young men. --- youths.