French Send Scottish Crime Writer to Jail - Scottish author Peter May will be taken from his home in South West France to Poitou-Charentes jail on October 19. May's crime? His book "Snakehead" is one of French prisoners' favourite books this year. May was handed down the jail sentence when he made it through to the final stage of France’s most unusual literary award. The Prix Intramuros - literally, “within the walls” - is decided by juries made up of inmates in French penitentiaries. The seven shortlisted authors for the prize face a day in jail and 12 hours of interrogations by panels of prisoners.