Can you survive in prison, where corrupt authorities do everything possible to accuse you of a crime you did not commit? "How to Survive in Prison" is a story about blatant human rights violations by Ukrainian prison authorities in the late 1990s. Unfortunately, the prison situation has not improved but has worsened. "How to Survive in Prison" is still relevant today, primarily because this book is more than about prison. Prison is an allegory; it is the country we live in, and it is a world in which prison laws are no different from the laws of society. The book "How to Survive in Prison" is about survival in inhumane conditions that seem impossible.