INSANE PRISONER INVENTIONS: 24 PRISON TOOLS

Weburbanist just posted a cool little piece about prison tools and inventions. Homemade weapons, hot plates, games, bugs, alcohol, tattoo guns can all be made to make life on the inside a little easier. Check out the whole article here.

Being locked up is no picnic, to be sure, and people in prison have to learn to do without the small comforts of life on the outside. But, thanks to books and movies about prison life, it’s pretty well-known that inmates have an endless capacity for invention. The empty peanut butter jar or used Popsicle stick that anyone else would throw away becomes a valuable tool in prison. Most of these items are considered contraband and would be confiscated if found, but that doesn’t stop inmates from recycling and repurposing the materials at hand to create some truly astonishing items.

- Drew