J.B. Stevens entered the Missouri prison system at age seventeen. He weighed 135 pounds, was saddled with drug problems, and faced a thirty-seven year sentence. In prison, he began weight training. By the time he was twenty-five, he tipped the scales at an athletic 175 pounds, had acquired his GED, and had hope for the future despite the many years in prison ahead of him. In explaining his rehabilitation, Stevens said, “The very first goals I set for myself in bodybuilding are today the cornerstones of my self-confidence. Everything I have achieved and everything I shall ever aspire to is owed to that simple beginning—weight training.” Supporters of weight training in prison contend that the benefits go beyond the rehabilitation of inmates. They insist that it keeps prisons safer because it provides a nonviolent means for inmates to relieve...