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Jailbert

We had a feeling our prison correspondent would do well on video. Drugs remain a problem for Bert, and he consistently fails urine tests and is sent back to jail over and over again. In this two-part series, we examine Bert in his most vulnerable state as he tries to stay on the straight and narrow. Full story

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Conrad Black

Conrad Black is a controversial former media baron who renounced his Canadian citizenship to become a British Lord, and later spent time in an American jail for fraud. We went to his sprawling estate in Toronto's luxurious Bridal Path neighborhood to chat with him about how the U… Full story

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'Ruff Buttlove' and Other Prison Raps

This song is basically a true story about two different bonerabelles whose booties I plundered. To all the young bucks reading this: When you go to summer camp, fuck a chick in the ass. No regrets. Full story

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Depressed Mess

I might have some mild issues that resulted in some serious life problems, but I’m not like the depressed heads over in the crazy cell block. According to my sources, those guys are throwing piss, shit, and cum on the walls, they don't shower, and they scream constantly because o… Full story

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Meet the Neighbors

Here in prison, my bunky is a drug addict from a family of drug addicts. He has spent most of his 20s in and out of jail. I have the top bunk and he has the bottom. All I can say is don’t get caught, kids… This ain’t living. Full story

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Back in Jail and Smoking Green Beans

So it’s back to the stinkin’ clink again. My state tour of various jails and institutions now includes Westchester County Jail in Valhalla. Because I have had felonies and been Upstate before, I got put in a dorm with a buncha cutthroat criminals who smoke dried green beans. Seri… Full story

Our Prison Correspondent Is Back in Prison

Yesterday we got some highly unbonerable news—Bert’s back in prison for six weeks after violating parole. (Meanwhile, the white-collar criminals who have destroyed the economy walk free yadda yadda yadda.) He’s going to try to write to us from inside like the old days, but his co… Full story

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The Unbonerable New York Justice System

It's no surprise that assistant district attorneys are racist pieces of shit. NYC prosecutors will crap in someone's mouth if you allow them to. Full story

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Cooking in the Cooler

I never realized you could cook some next-level gourmet shit with a microwave until I went to a prison with no kitchen. Full story

Click Clicks in the Clink Clink

"Click clicks" are photos inmates take in front of hand-painted backdrops. Artist Dave Adler knows all about them. Full story