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diesel therapy
 n.— «Jimmy Magner, a former federal prisoner and founder of the newsletter PWA-RAG (Prisoners with AIDS-Rights Action Group), endured years of diesel therapy, the practice of moving prisoner organizers from one to prison for another, for his activism.» —by Joy James States of Confinement Feb. 12, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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