Don't Drop the Soap is a prison-themed board game designed by John Sebelius, an art student at the Rhode Island School of Design, as a class project. It went on sale on 31 January 2008 in Lawrence, Kansas, and through the designer's own website, and its play is described as similar to Monopoly. The game has six levels and can be played by up to three people, each choosing one of three prisoners, and the goal is to win parole without dropping the soap in the prison shower. The title and the way the game treated prison rape drew strong criticism, including from the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, which said it made light of a serious crime. Attention also followed the designer because he is the son of the Governor of Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius. He answered that the game was meant as a lighthearted spoof and not an endorsement of prison rape.
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as a class project at the Rhode Island School of Design
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is a controversial prison-themed board game
Introduction [origin-year]
The game officially went on sale on January 31, 2008
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can be played by up to three people
Introduction [origin-region]
as a class project at the Rhode Island School of Design
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