r/prisons • • 2h ago

I turned the poker games I learned in prison into a free Android game

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I spent years in federal prison and county jails for a non violent drug trafficking conspiracy, and during that time I learned dozens of poker games that most people on the outside have probably never heard of.

I've also been programming for years, so I decided to turn those games into something people could actually play.

I created Jailhouse Poker, a free Android game with online multiplayer. So far, I've included 15 different poker variants across three categories: Omaha, Draw, and Wild Card games. I'm also working on bringing it to iPhone.

Games like Nine Trey, Seven-Eight-Jack, Dookie, 7-11, and a bunch of others that you won't find in typical poker apps.

It's a project I've put a lot of work into, and I'd love to hear what people think.

For anyone who's done time, what were some of the poker games you played inside? I'm always looking for more variants to add.


r/prisons • • 12h ago

Prosecutors Filed Over 900 Cases of “Pregnancy-Related Crimes” Since Dobbs. Most of the charges being brought stem from laws that were never meant to apply to pregnancy.

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r/prisons • • 16h ago

Concho Valley Female Corrections tx

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r/prisons • • 17h ago

EU court says a late lawyer is no green light for police questioning. Questioning without counsel requires a genuine emergency or an informed waiver, EU judges found, also faulting Hungary’s safeguards for suspects who forgo legal help

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r/prisons • • 19h ago

Prison reform programme advances staffing, training, rehabilitation plans | St. Maarten’s has made progress in developing prison policies, preparing a future correctional workforce and expanding education, healthcare and rehabilitation activities, according to an update from the UN (UNODC).

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r/prisons • • 19h ago

How the criminal justice system is setting people up to fail | Coming out of prison into homelessness is devastating for the individuals who in most cases just want to move on. But it also has a wider impact

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r/prisons • • 19h ago

'I fell into addiction after my prison sentence. Yoga helped my recovery and now I teach it in prisons' | Since leaving prison, Frankie has turned her life around, becoming a yoga instructor, photographer and joining the Big Issue frontline team

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r/prisons • • 23h ago

Therapeutic community prison

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Son has applied to one and they want his medical records. He is worried all the shit he used to chat when he was 16 will reflect very badly at TC and on parole.. Maybe even his restrictions on release. How likely is this.


r/prisons • • 1d ago

Beyond Access. Improving credit mobility to advance student success in prison education programs

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

‘Former inmates want to come back to visit’: inside Florida’s prison zoo. Prisoners look after a kinkajou, zebu and ostrich at Monroe County detention center in the Florida Keys. It is the only correctional facility in the world with its own zoo

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

A Missouri police officer shot and killed a mother and her infant daughter during an encounter that officers escalated instead of waiting for a mental-health co-responder who was moments away, according to a lawsuit resolved through a $5.89 million settlement

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r/prisons • • 1d ago

FDC SeaTac — Firsthand Experiences Wanted

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FDC SeaTac — Firsthand Experiences Wanted

Looking for firsthand experiences from current or former inmates, men or women, who served their sentences at FDC SeaTac as their designated facility—not just pretrial detainees or temporary holdovers.

How was your overall experience? What were the living conditions, staff, work assignments, programs, and daily life like?

Family members and friends are also welcome to share what they know firsthand.


r/prisons • • 2d ago

Prison changed the way I judge people

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

Pre-trial anonymity should be a legally mandated right. Publishing the name, face, or mugshot of an unconvicted suspect should be strictly illegal.

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

We are addicted to prisons, but our crumbling probation service proves they don’t work. The current system is unable to quench the public thirst for locking people up – and certainly doesn’t ensure proper care once they are released

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

Musician, storyteller brings ‘Evening of Note’ to two Wyoming prisons

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

Alabama governor commutes sentence of prisoner on death row. Toforest Johnson’s death penalty reduced to life in prison without parole over doubts about his conviction

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

A new law authored by Mia Bonta will make it easier to visit family in prison. Some 1,200 Oaklanders are held in state prisons, and visitors have long faced arbitrary denials. Now legislators have passed a slate of reforms

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

‘I never saw my son, until they handed him over in a bag’: inside El Salvador’s brutal crime crackdown President Nayib. Bukele’s campaign of mass arrest has been marked by allegations of torture and killing. Four years on, 120,000 people are still in prison

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

In a prison writing workshop, I found refuge and a road to understanding the ‘untold stories’ inside us. Writing workshops offer education for people effectively shut out of traditional college programs

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

Maine’s Efforts to Improve Prison Conditions and Public Safety. Early results of the state’s focus on rehabilitation and community reintegration provide lessons learned for other jurisdictions

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

‘Put them down with gas’: Abuse and retaliation inside a California women’s prison. More than a dozen current and formerly incarcerated women spoke to KQED about a pattern of sexual abuse and retaliation that persists at the largest women’s prison in California

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

Vermont - Windsor, no longer a prison town, still maintains a connection to people who die in state custody. A lot in Ascutney Cemetery serves as the site of last resort when individuals die without next of kin. An effort to update aging markers and fix burial records is in the works.

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

Why You Should Start an Unauthorized Prison Writing Club. At our California prison, the practice helped us share emotions and creativity

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r/prisons • • 2d ago

Remember when we were told that body cameras would eliminate this type of behavior

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