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Jennifer Waite,Yahoo! Contributor Network Jan 25, 2010 Since the first prison opened its gates, or rather, slammed them shut, inmates have become more and more creative in their methods of obtaining, concealing and transporting contraband. In prison, contraband refers to any item not specifica...

Rich Brown, aka " Richard Write ",Yahoo! Contributor Network Jun 17, 2008 In 2004, I went to prison. I have decided not to go back. The "why" for my incarceration is not important, but I know curiosity makes you want to know. It was for an identity theft charge which was lat...

By Bob Van Voris    December 13, 2011 Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Raj Rajaratnam leaves behind the ruins of a Wall Street career that made him a billionaire hedge fund manager to begin an 11-year prison sentence, the price for running a far-flung insider-trading conspiracy that turned tips from comp...

SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2007 Some prison inmates have nothing but a sink, a toilet, their bed, and a few square feet of space at their disposal. They need an exercise routine that can be done in a confined space without equipment. The "Prison Workout," which was nicknamed by some people who ...

Women Falling in Love with Men Who Are Incarcerated Nafeesah R. Abdullah, Yahoo! Contributor Network Oct 10, 2007 In watching the show Lockup: San Quentin Extended Stay on MSNBC it's funny how when they talk to the women in the show because they're standing by their husband or boyfriend and i...

By Archelle Georgiou   June 14, 2010 FORTUNE -- When Jeff Skilling, the former Enron CEO, was convicted on 19 counts, the headline of the Houston Chronicle read "Guilty! Guilty!" Sentenced to 24-plus years in prison, Skilling had been a wealthy executive who went ...

Hamilton Nolan July 9, 2012 Last month, we learned that the great state of Texas would rather let prisoners die of heat stroke than install air conditioning in its state prisons, because, hey, who cares, honestly? One reader pointed us to a related Texas prison story that is even wors...

January 10th, 2009 Many peoples’ most poignant memory is of some joyful occasion with loved ones, learning to ride a bicycle with Grandpa, Graduating from high school with everyone there watching as they cross that stage. In my most vivid memory I am alone in a dirty bathroom on the th...

April 6, 2010Smith graduate Piper Kerman was bored with her middle class life — so she joined a group of bohemian artists-turned-drug smugglers. After traveling to exotic resorts and smuggling a suitcase packed with drug money from Chicago to Brussels, she broke free from the drug trade and found...