Editing Prison Bound (section)

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="auto"/>
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=7 |page=588}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=1045}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=652}}</ref>
}}
''[[Trouser Press]]'' wrote that "although ''Prison Bound'' lacks the all-out dynamics of ''[[Mommy's Little Monster (album)|Monster]]'' ... it’s still a maturely paced, knowing follow-up, and not just for punks."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Social Distortion |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/social-distortion/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref> Nick Robinson, reviewer of British music newspaper ''[[Music Week]]'', noted band's adulting in comparison with early recordings. He found there "upright bursts of aggression, frustration and depression tell a vivid tale of growing up and [[blues]] and [[Country music|country]] influences add depth to this blunt, honest and thrilling account".<ref name="MWreview">{{cite magazine|last=Robinson|first=Nick|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-02-04.pdf|title=Review: Social Distortion – Prison Bound|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=February 4, 1989|access-date=November 4, 2021|page=22|location=London|publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=American Radio History|issn=0265-1548|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102183251/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-02-04.pdf|archive-date=November 2, 2021}}</ref>