 The song uses a modified drop-B tuning.The track features an "anti-climax" coda, in which memorable verses and choruses dissolve into an unrelated, quiet final section.The video for "Prison Sex" was created with stop-motion animation techniques, and was directed by the band's guitarist Adam Jones (who had previous experience in art direction and animation, including work on the dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park") and was edited by Ken Andrews.