What “Been to jail or prison?” means
Item 93 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Been to jail or prison?”. Here is what the wording covers, where readers reasonably disagree about it, and exactly how much it moves your score.
Guidance written and reviewed 2026-07-26
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What the question is asking
Item 93 asks whether you have been to jail or prison. It is the most serious item in the legal category and one of the least commonly checked items on the checklist.
Where people disagree about what counts
The item names both jail and prison, which in American usage are different things: jail is short-term local custody, prison is a longer sentence. Including both means a night in a cell after an arrest satisfies the item, which many takers do not expect.
The test is self-scored and nobody else ever sees your answer, so the only thing that matters is applying one reading consistently across the whole checklist.
How item 93 fits with the items around it
Item 93 is the top of the escalation that began at item 91 and the most serious item in the legal block. The checklist then steps back down to lesser police contact at items 94 and 95 rather than continuing to escalate.
How it affects the score
Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 93 subtracts one point from the starting score of 100. Leaving it unchecked subtracts nothing, and no item on the checklist is weighted more heavily than any other.
Final score = 100 − total checked boxes
The final number never identifies this answer or any other individual answer — it is a count, so it discards which items were selected the moment it is calculated. Read the full scoring guide or look up an exact result on the 0–100 score chart.
Questions about item 93
Does one night in a cell count?
What is the difference between jail and prison?
Does visiting someone in prison count?
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