Occasionally, long-time readers of Penthouse choose to cancel their subscriptions.

Some think that our humble publication doesn’t go far enough, while others aren’t fully on board with our editorial direction. But it’s shocking to us when the reason is nudity. Correctional facilities around the country — which house a population that needs the stress relief of nudity the most — seem to feel this way, and have declared Penthouse and similar (but lesser) publications “inappropriate” for prisoner use. We wanted to know why.

“At Christmas, before [the Massachusetts Department of Corrections] started cracking down, we’d actually distribute porn mags to inmates to pacify them,” says Al Murphy (not his real name), a retired prison guard who worked at... Read More