Topic summary
63%13 analyzed articles/videos14,472 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Prisons results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.1% saturation with 4,555 hits. Analysis detected 42,297 faulty-reasoning hits from 56,086 analyzed words across 13 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 19% (18,810 of 22,971 topics). This Prisons is better (less manipulative) than 81.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

18% percentile
025507510018.1% percentile
1.5% BS Score13 analyzed articles56.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 5.7%5.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.1%8.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.2%6.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.7%3.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.0%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Hundreds more inmates and staff potentially exposed to cancer-causing gas in UK prisons18%
The Independent67%By Holly Bancroft40%8/5/2026, 6:17:26 AM
I lived in the women’s prison slated for closure60%
Chicago Reader45%By Dr. Janet Jackson77%8/5/2026, 5:00:00 AM
Illinois lawmakers decry prison's 'gut-wrenching,' 'heartbreaking' conditions37%
WBEZ51%By Shannon Heffernan51%8/4/2026, 3:30:00 AM
Brett Kavanaugh’s Would-Be Assassin Moved To Cushy Medical Prison Known For Transing On Taxpayer Dime47%
The Federalist94%By Breccan F. Thies77%8/3/2026, 4:40:20 AM
‘Music From the Big House’ delivers blues and soul from Angola prison34%
The Lens51%By Maurice Chammah39% The Marshall Project24%7/31/2026, 10:51:32 AM
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana moved to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital24%
The Guardian90%By Rajeev Syal48%7/23/2026, 10:51:41 AM
QAnon Conspiracy Theorists Have Taken Over a Prison80%
The Bulwark79%By Will Sommer93%7/20/2026, 4:36:29 PM
Contradictions of Socialist Prison Abolitionism55%
Reason.com61%By Ilya Somin59%7/20/2026, 3:14:47 PM
After months of protests, Citizens Bank stops extending credit to ICE contractors87%
PhillyVoice44%By Kristin Hunt26%7/20/2026, 2:50:23 PM
At Its Best, LGBTQ Pride Is an Abolitionist Uprising — and a Dance Party66%
Truthout85%By Jaime Sauceda81% Ye Qing J.81% Erica R. Meiners81%6/30/2026, 8:52:46 AM