As a child, the idea of going to jail was very real for me. In the short time I’d spent with Hunter, he had often attached the threat of jail to the smallest things: “If you don’t hang up your coat, you’ll go to jail.” Or “If you don’t wash your plate in the sink, you’re going to jail.” He said it so frequently, presenting it as an eventuality rather than a possibility, that I was convinced there was a jail for kids who misbehaved. But to make matters worse, Hunter didn’t stop at telling me I would be going to jail; he would explain what would happen to me when I was there. He would describe
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