Tupac was the first U.S. artist to have an album reach Billboard #1 while still in prison. It was his third studio album, titled “Me Against the World“.
100 Mind-Blowing Prison Facts
In Halden prison in Norway, guards are encouraged to interact, play sports, and eat with the inmates. This is to prevent aggression and create a sense of family.
Intentionally farting on a California prison guard can get you an additional 11 years in prison.
A seaman once set a ship on fire to get out of work early. One of the “don’t-try-this-at-home” fun facts: A civil employee once started a fire that ravaged the nuclear submarine USS Miami which was docked at a Naval Shipyard. Though the cause of the fire was unclear at first, civilian employee Casey J. Fury soon admitted to starting the fire for an early dismissal from work. Fury was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $400 million in damages.
Timothy Leary escaped prison. Rather than break out, he simply walked away from the minimum-security prison he had been placed in since 1970. He then later changed out of his prison uniform at a nearby gas station.
Mexican prisons do not punish you for non-violent attempts to escape. This is because it is part of human nature to want freedom, and therefore is not seen as a crime. However, factors such as property damage and violence will cause prison guards to practice the necessary punishments.
3 Students once installed keystroke loggers onto their teacher’s computers to hack and sell grades to students. According to reports, the student was later sent to prison for stealing test answers and selling them to other students on campus. The spyware that the student installed was found during a routine check-up of campus computers.
The Netherlands has to import criminals to fill up their jails. Since 2004, the Netherlands’ crime rate has only gotten lower and lower. In 2013, a prison shut down because there were no criminals to put behind bars. This low crime rate makes this country one of the safest places on the planet.
The first-ever winner of Survivor got jail time for tax evasion. Richard Hatch won US$1 million after the first-ever season of Survivor. However, he failed to declare his winnings on his taxes. As such, he served four years in prison.
He was incarcerated at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton.
He spent his time in prison reading, writing, and participating in religious activities.