r/Prison↗
Prison: Discussions on Doing Time
138k subscribers98 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)66 authors / mosince 2009
r/Prison has 138k members (+4.2% over the last 12 months). It gets about 98 posts a month from 66 people. Top topics: Prison-Life Matters, Incarcerated Reentry Programs and Prison Conditions and Incarceration.
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Top topics
Share of the subreddit's posts
- Prison-Life Matters2.3%
- Incarcerated Reentry Programs1.7%
- Prison Conditions and Incarceration0.9%
- Prison-Life Crimes0.5%
- Incarceration Issues0.3%
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- Daily Star
- TikTok
- CBS News
- Gofund
- Change
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