{{Short description|Prison terminology}} In the field of penology, '''protective pairing''' is a form of prison violence in which one inmate agrees to protect another inmate in exchange for servitude, typically in the form of sex with the protector, which can include prostitution arrangements with other prisoners.<ref>Burgason, K. A. (2017). Prison Inmate Economy. In Routledge Handbook of Corrections in the United States (pp. 409-419). Routledge.</ref><ref>Stemple, L. (2008). Male rape and human rights. Hastings LJ, 60, 605.</ref><ref>Trammell, R. (2011). Symbolic Violence and Prison Wives: Gender Roles and Protective Pairing in Men’s Prisons. The Prison Journal, 91(3), 305–324. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032885511409891</ref>
The term was coined by activist Stephen Donaldson.<ref>Donaldson, S. (2001). A million jockers, punks, and queens. Prison masculinities, 118-126.</ref><ref>Donaldson, S. (2003). Hooking up: Protective pairing for punks. na.</ref>
== See also == * Prison sexuality * Prison rape * Transactional sex * T. J. Parsell * Prison gang * Eunuch
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