Originally Published March 10, 2020 You may have heard about prisoners who were able to build friendships outside even when they are locked behind bars. Some inmates who were lucky enough, even found the love of their life while serving jail time. Some got married, and some of them even got kids. (Related: Sample Love Letters […]
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Originally Published March 31, 2020 If you already feel unsafe walking the streets at night, think about what inmates in prison have to deal with. Most of them live and breathe danger every waking second. The fact that prisons are a hotbed for criminal activities is not surprising. After all, they are filled with people
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Originally Published January 28th, 2020 Decades ago, the government uses prison time to punish those who have violated the law. Its main purpose is to curtail someone’s freedom and keep them away from their loved ones as a form of penance. In recent times, the focus of incarceration has shifted from punishment to rehabilitation. Jail
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Originally Published April 15, 2020 They say that prison is a gay man’s paradise. But nothing can be farther from the truth. If incarceration is hard for heterosexuals, it’s a lot more difficult for gay inmates. In fact, being gay in prison is a dangerous business. Surveys by civil right groups reveal that an overwhelming
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Originally Published June 3, 2020 Like everything else in prison, there are policies that govern an inmate’s finances. For one, inmates are not allowed to physically hold money. But they can have a trust fund account. The inmate’s trust fund account is where they receive money and pay for stuff. As you may have expected,
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Originally Published July 9, 2020 We tend to think of children as naive and guileless. Even when they commit mischiefs, most of us would just shrug it off and blame it on their youth. But what happens when they commit a heinous crime? Depending on their age and the crime they’ve committed, they can be
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Originally Published August 14, 2020 Loving someone whom you can’t be with physically takes courage and determination. Even more so if that one person who makes your heart beat is struggling behind prison bars. You yearn to be with them, hold them tight, and hear their laughter. But aside from a few phone calls, you’ll
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Originally Published August 20, 2020 In the US, a minimum-security prison is a dorm-type federal facility that resembles a college camp more than a prison. They are usually reserved for non-violent offenders, most of whom are white-collar criminals. Thus, minimum security prisons are also referred to as “Club Fed”. But contrary to popular belief, life
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Originally Published February 11th, 2020 The standards for prison foods vary from country to country, and it has been a point of controversy for quite a long time now. Some prison foods are not that bad and quite tolerable, but some institutions serve straight garbage. Either way, who would expect more to a prison meal? Prison is not meant
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Published February 11th, 2020 Prison literature is wide and varied. Its themes can range from bittersweet, poignant to downright disturbing. Stories about bravery, resilience, and redemption introduce us to what life in prison is really like. If you’re keen to learn more about life behind bars, here are some of the best books about prison
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