# Protective pairing

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{{Short description|Prison terminology}}
In the field of [penology](/source/penology), '''protective pairing''' is a form of [prison violence](/source/prison_violence) in which one inmate agrees to protect another inmate in exchange for servitude, typically in the form of [sex](/source/Transactional_sex) with the protector, which can include [prostitution](/source/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](/source/Stephen_Donaldson_(activist)).<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](/source/Prison_sexuality)
* [Prison rape](/source/Prison_rape)
* [Transactional sex](/source/Transactional_sex)
* [T. J. Parsell](/source/T._J._Parsell)
* [Prison gang](/source/Prison_gang)
* [Eunuch](/source/Eunuch)

== References ==
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Category:Prisons
Category:Prison-related crime
Category:Prison sexuality
Category:Forced prostitution
Category:Sexual slavery

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