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This Online Group Shares Wholesome, Creative, And Illegal Things Made By Prisoners Behind Bars (35 Pics)
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A prison is like a little city. It has a library, a beauty shop (which is just a fancy name for a hair cutting room), a medical wing, a rec yard... Of course, facilities vary from institution to institution, but if we exclude countries that have a different philosophy on incarceration altogether, most places are pretty similar.
So we're told. For the average person, life behind bars remains a mystery. And quite an intriguing one. How do people organize themselves under such extreme circumstances? What do they miss? How do they spend their days? A TV show, for example, might give us an idea but if we constructed our worldview based on what we saw on the screen, we'd end up like Truman Burbank. In an illusion.
Instead, let's take a realistic look at how inmates get by — the subreddit r/PrisonWallet is perfect for this job.
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Prisoners From Indiana Were Given Cats To Look After As Part Of A Rehabilitation Scheme. Here Is One Prisoner With A Hat He Knitted For His Cat!
I read somewhere abou similar project (possibly this one), that it significantly reduced prisoner recidivism.
“Lady”, An Electric Guitar Built Illegally By An Inmate In A Pennsylvania State Prison
Naturally, not everything that gets made in a cell is as innocent as you see in these pictures. "I'd, unfortunately, say one of the most common items to craft in a prison is a shank, [probably] due to how easy it is and the inadequate system of rehabilitating prisoners," a representative of this subreddit's moderator team told Bored Panda. "Many of them stick to crime or violence while inside of prison."
"Zip guns utilizing .22 ammunition are also popular because [the rounds] are easy to sneak in. Not to mention the fact that when you break down a gun to its bare bones, it's a simple machine that's quite easy to replicate."
However, we decided to leave guns out of the equation. We already know about them, plus there's so much more! "I [also] see a lot are tiny figures or artworks made of what is practically trash," the person running the subreddit added. "It allows prisoners to express their creative intentions while locked up."
These Are The Best Chess Figures I Have Ever Seen And These Were Made In Prison
Andy Dufrense finally finished his chess pieces before he decided to leave...
Prison Issued Bleach Soap Carved With A Plastic Spoon And Empty Bic Pen
If this is the sort of things that inmates are crafting, I say let them keep them.
Asked An Inmate To Draw His Interpretation Of The Prison System. They Are Only Allowed A Blue Pen. Color Was Done By Melting Skittles And M&ms
This displays a great deal of talent and meaning. I hope this is on display somewhere.
Interestingly, in 2019, the U.S. incarceration rate fell to its lowest level since 1995, according to recently published data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the statistical arm of the Department of Justice. (It is not yet clear how the coronavirus pandemic may have affected these numbers as statistics for 2020 are not expected to be released until later this year.) But despite this downward trend, the United States still puts more people behind bars than any other country for which such data is available.
The American criminal justice system holds almost 2.3 million people in 1,833 state prisons, 110 federal prisons, 1,772 juvenile correctional facilities, 3,134 local jails, 218 immigration detention facilities, and 80 Indian Country jails as well as in military prisons, civil commitment centers, state psychiatric hospitals, and prisons in U.S. territories.
Made Out Of Rolled Paper, Cardboard, Craft Paint, Bed Sheets, And Floor Wax (Clear Coat)
Model Of Hms St George Made By Pows Of The Seven Years War
The Face Of A Guard Made With Soap By A Prisioner In Brazil. All Made With Soap Even The Eyes
Anytime You Feel Life Isn’t Nice, Remember This Brazilian Prisoner Who Dug An Escape Tunnel For 5 Years To Burst Out In A Guard Room...
The moderator of r/PrisonWallet who took their time to reply to us considers the subreddit's community pretty diverse in their background and intention of joining. "I've talked to members who are former police officers, former prisoners, some interested in the craftsmanship of the people stripped of their freedom, some similar to me in the way I greatly care about prison system reform."
If you took a look at the subreddit's newest posts, you wouldn't see many. The latest one goes back 21 days. However, members are still engaging with them. "The community is somewhat active but ... and you can even notice older posts getting comments, showing new members are fairly common as well!" Maybe you want to be one of them?
The Paper Mache Heads Made By Frank Morris, John Anglin And Clarence Anglin When They Escaped Alcatraz Prison
Found This In A Small Town Museum Today. Made By A Prisoner In Angola Prison Out Of Match Sticks And Pebbles From Prison Grounds
A Way Prisoners Make Rose's For Their Loved Ones Made Of Jolly Ranchers
Never bite down on a jolly rancher. They're so sticky.... I had a crown and I was kinda biting one and it stuck to my crown and pulled it right off.
Asian Prison Art Made By Liv Bao Jin, A Chinese Refugee, Made And Sold To Pay Legal Bills, 1993
Two Picture Frames Made Out Of Chip Bags An Inmate Had Given My Mom Whilst Working The Jail As A Nurse
Flashlight Made By Prisoner
There is great ingenuity in prison, too bad that took prison to discover it.
DIY Dumbbell Made Of Old Battery’s Crafted In Jail
Hand Crafted Mah-Jong Set By A Japanese Prisoner Of War, Ww2
I LOVE this game! Beautiful set! *Made the year my dad was born too!
Pen Art On Prison Linen
Prison Lamp Made From Popsicle Sticks
If this was made by one person eating ice cream, I think he has been locked up for some time now.
Pokemon Cards Made While In Prison
Hand Painted Playing Cards Made By French War Prisoners, Hampshire 1796
Prison Chess Set Made In The 1950s - Made Out Of Toilet Paper, Dried Bread & Shoe Paste
Toy Dachshund Made By A Prisoner Of War In Bristol, Gifted To A Family Near The Prison, Ww2
This makes me so sad and beyond the obvious, I don't quite know why.
The Convict Cookbook, Made By Convicts At Washington State Penitentiary For Charity
Prison Made Harley Motorcycle Sculpture
"The Last Supper" As Carved By An Inmate On A Jailhouse Door
Flip Flops
Prison Made Celluloid Bakelite Ring, Gifted To A Prison Guard, 1930s Ww2
Inmates Bug The Guards’ Rooms With “Bugs” To Listen For Cell Shakedowns
This Tin Can Grill
Note: this post originally had 74 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes.
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FACTS: U.S. has 5% of world population, but over _24%_ of the prison inmates. Google, and see!
Fact: the majority of prisons in the USA are owned by private companies that have contracts with the local, state, and Federal governments. These contracts require the government to maintain a minimum population at each prison to gaurentee profits. If the prison population drops below the minimum, the government must pay a fine to the company. PRISONS SHOULD NOT BE BUSINESSES!!!!
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Don't commit a crime and you can't end up in prison, pretty simple math
Do the smallest amount of research on The Innocence Project and you'll discover how wrong you are. One of the first things my Criminal Justice Prof used to beat into students was the idea that as many as 10-15% of inmates are innocent but plead guilty due to lack of representation, fear of higher charges and/or jury bias.
Besides the fact that innocent people get convicted all the time, reread Bob’s comment with some critical thinking. If there’s repercussions if prison populations fall below a certain amount, there’s incentive to falsely convict people, or to convict them for stuff that really shouldn’t be imprisonable - so you get people serving 5 years in jail for having a couple ounces of marijuana on them.
Or to keep them in prison when they're already there by giving out random infractions that can lengthen a person's sentence
For a GOOD devil’s advocate argument, I wonder what the systems are like in other countries. Like do some countries just not send people to jail at all, or only if they’ve killed like 40 people or something? Do some countries have more robust community service deals, so more people do service instead of jail time? Do some countries just not have crime?
I'm not an expert so take my comment with a grain of salt, but I have heard that it's the 'war on drugs' that allows such a high US prison population. Non-violent drug crimes aren't prisonable offences in most other countries, or they have less sentences than does the US.
Don't break the law. It's our culture too. Too many boys without fathers to straighten their @ss out.
Prisoners often comment that the worst thing about being in prison is the boredom. This is how they deal with that.
This was oddly uplifting.
FACTS: U.S. has 5% of world population, but over _24%_ of the prison inmates. Google, and see!
Fact: the majority of prisons in the USA are owned by private companies that have contracts with the local, state, and Federal governments. These contracts require the government to maintain a minimum population at each prison to gaurentee profits. If the prison population drops below the minimum, the government must pay a fine to the company. PRISONS SHOULD NOT BE BUSINESSES!!!!
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Don't commit a crime and you can't end up in prison, pretty simple math
Do the smallest amount of research on The Innocence Project and you'll discover how wrong you are. One of the first things my Criminal Justice Prof used to beat into students was the idea that as many as 10-15% of inmates are innocent but plead guilty due to lack of representation, fear of higher charges and/or jury bias.
Besides the fact that innocent people get convicted all the time, reread Bob’s comment with some critical thinking. If there’s repercussions if prison populations fall below a certain amount, there’s incentive to falsely convict people, or to convict them for stuff that really shouldn’t be imprisonable - so you get people serving 5 years in jail for having a couple ounces of marijuana on them.
Or to keep them in prison when they're already there by giving out random infractions that can lengthen a person's sentence
For a GOOD devil’s advocate argument, I wonder what the systems are like in other countries. Like do some countries just not send people to jail at all, or only if they’ve killed like 40 people or something? Do some countries have more robust community service deals, so more people do service instead of jail time? Do some countries just not have crime?
I'm not an expert so take my comment with a grain of salt, but I have heard that it's the 'war on drugs' that allows such a high US prison population. Non-violent drug crimes aren't prisonable offences in most other countries, or they have less sentences than does the US.
Don't break the law. It's our culture too. Too many boys without fathers to straighten their @ss out.
Prisoners often comment that the worst thing about being in prison is the boredom. This is how they deal with that.
This was oddly uplifting.