It is a full-bodied wine with a bouquet redolent of moldy peaches and a finish that can evoke everything from all-purpose bathroom cleaner to uric acid. In prisons, it is known as pruno -- cellblock ...

Well, it has happened again. Twice. Inmates at a maximum security prison in Arizona were stricken with botulism after consuming homemade hooch that's called "pruno" inside the big house. Eight inmates ...

It is a full-bodied wine with a bouquet redolent of moldy peaches and a finish that can evoke everything from all-purpose bathroom cleaner to uric acid. In prisons, it is known as pruno -- cellblock ...

Pruno isn’t usually something associated with fine drinking. Also known as “prison wine,” it’s made with scraps of whatever prisoners can get their hands on: Citrus fruit, ketchup, bread scraps. As ...

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DUBLIN (AP) — Deputies at a jail in the East Bay confiscated 200 gallons of prison-made liquor that inmates were making for a Super Bowl party, a sheriff's official said. Deputies found the liquor ...

Inmates at a maximum security prison in Arizona were stricken with botulism after consuming homemade hooch that's called "pruno" inside the big... Well, it has happened again. Twice. Inmates at a ...