PlacesDarkIn 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.664k11 years ago
PlacesInterestingThere is a prison in Brazil that allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles, providing electricity to a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences.615k11 years ago
TrendingHistoryFunnyBefore escaping prison, Winston Churchill left a letter of apology on his bed. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody."507k11 years ago
PlacesWeirdA surprise inspection of a men's prison in Acapulco, Mexico in 2011 uncovered 100 plasma TVs, 2 sacks of marijuana, 2 peacocks, 100 fighting cockerels, 19 prostitutes, and various other contraband including slot machines and a small arsenal of knives.454k12 years ago
PlacesMind-BlowingIn 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.401k11 years ago
PlacesInterestingIn Brazil, prison inmates can reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.313k12 years ago
PlacesDarkIt has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.131k11 years ago
TechnologyMind-BlowingPhilosophers at Oxford have proposed that future biotechnology could theoretically alter a prisoner's perception of time, making them experience a 1,000-year sentence in just eight hours—raising profound ethical questions about punishment.51k12 years ago
TrendingPeopleWholesomeHollywood casts Danny Trejo as the villain in over 400 films - because he spent 11 years in and out of prison. In August 2019, he was near a Sylmar intersection when a car ran a red light and flipped an SUV with a baby inside. Trejo crawled in through a broken window, and with bystander Monica Jackson freeing the car seat latch from the other side, pulled the child to safety. He kept the boy calm by yelling "superpowers" together. Hollywood was wrong about him.2 days ago