prison

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