J.B. Spins

Sharon Yitzhaky’s memoir is sort of the Israeli Midnight Express , except she was genuinely framed for drug trafficking—or rather left holdi...

Now that Pres. Trump is most likely exiting public service, will Republicans go back to supporting the FBI and Democrats revert to hating th...

Call us traditionalists, but we don’t see the point in making a jungle women’s prison movie without Sybill Danning, even if it is a spoo...

Evidently, most convicts sent to the big house fantasize about doing time in Austria’s luxurious looking Justice Center Leoben , but not ...

In America, budding criminals are much better off if they are tried and convicted as minors rather than adults. It is the exact opposite ...

Granted, security technology has advanced tremendously over the last fifty odd years, but if you would like to break out of prison, you c...

The recidivism rate for this prison is darn near 100%, especially if you are fortunate enough to be quartered in Jung Ik-ho’s block. His ...

There is a long cinematic tradition of gangsters and gunmen who were short of stature, but long on presence. Scottish Ewen McGregor follo...

The Bastøy Boys Home was no Boys Town. Neither was the governor any sort of Father Flanagan. Yet, both were considered above reproach until ...

It is pretty rotten being the new guy, particularly in prison, especially when they’re expecting you. Survival will not be pretty for Rune a...