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Prisoners Still Believe the Penal System Is Secretly Dosing Them With ‘Anti-Horny’ Drugs
This ‘something in the water’ theory has persisted for years across jails and prisons in the U.S. Even if it’s just an urban legend, it still tells us something important about the current criminal justice system
What It’s Like to Write a Book in Prison
Tasos Theofilou spent nearly six years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. The only way for him to stave off the desperation of his plight was to take pen to paper
Free Rein
When Dale Jones, a career criminal, started training wild horses, he learned how to break the cycle of endless incarceration that was once his only future
From Debt to Prison, in Five Terrifyingly Easy Steps
What happens when you simply can’t pay your loans? First you’ll get a call. Then you’ll be hounded by a series of increasingly shady collection agencies. In the end, you could wind up behind bars