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Shiv features eleven prisoner-made weapons from the collection of Chris Kasabach
and Vanessa Sica. These shivs were confiscated in the 1980s at Rahway (today known
as East Jersey State Prison), a notorious maximum-security home to over 1,500
inmates serving 25 years to life. A short essay and list of materials follow the shiv
photographs (shown at their actual size). Hidden along the spine is the story of
Thomas Doswell, a man set free from prison after 20 years for a rape he did not
commit. 8.25" x 11.25", 16 pages, stitch-bound with letter-pressed slipcover