While incarcerated, Lerner went through some personal, more emotional changes in response to being imprisoned with the male inmates. From the time of Jimmy's arrival to the county jail until the time he was in the prison yard, a lot of personal development occurred. Being liable to defend one's self, Jimmy had dangerous encounters with dangerous inmates such as Hunger, a great in size alpha male who targeted Jimmy forced him to become more ruthless. Although Lerner had help from his buddies, Hunger transformed the mindset of Jimmy. When Jimmy and Kansas were first assigned cellmates Kansas gave him a few pointers in order to survive the prison lifestyle. Other than tattoos, Kansas had encouraged the “prison fish”, Lerner to “toughen' up” or