Here is an article about two prison inmates who struck friendship through chess:

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/01/07/evil-killers-become-prison-chess-pals-86908-20277293/

 

The two prisoners shout out chess moves from cell to cell throughout the day and night playing game after game. The other prisoners have to turn on their radios at night to block out the noise to try to get some sleep.

 

Chess seems to be a rather popular past time in prisons and possibly it is a theraputic way of getting ahead of their past. Although in these two prisoners cases it seems to be a bit too late for that as they were put in prison for killing. 

i have heard of that before on the history channel

ROFL.  Two convicted killers playing chess in the middle of the night.  What a sight that must be!

well we don't have to worry about them actually murdering the future Kings and Queens of the word, because they already have

i didn't know that

they should hav ther boards takin off them they make me sick