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> Other items that arrive in the mail, such as vegan candy, won’t be handed out to him until after his release, “but at least the prison has to catalog every single thing you send me, which pisses them off,” Peter says with a wink.

Imagine if millions of people from all around the world sent Peter something every week. I think the prison would want him out of there pretty quick.




Personally, if I was in prison, annoying the staff would be the last thing I wanted to do.


It's a rather civilized country, he won't get raped by the staff.


I don't think that was the concern. Probably something less sinister, like delaying his mail or disallowing exercise time etc.


It would be pretty funny to mail one of those travel chess and checkers sets, one piece at a time. The result would be something (potentially) useful and it would be obvious if any were misplaced.

Only if you view this case as being worthy of civil disobedience, of course.




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