Necessity may be the mother of inventions, but prison seems to be a particularly fertile birthing groun... ...nd in an inmate’s cell in Wolfenbüttel prison , Germany, sometime around 1994; intended for use... ...t that time a lot of crucifixes were fashioned in prison...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/11/the-shiv-crucifix-and-other-improvised-weapons-by-inmates/Remember the story of how prisoners in Brazil have been smuggling in cell phones usin... ...ell, that's low tech compared to what these other prisoners did:Four suspects were arrested late on Sunday ou... ...hioned way - in their butts - just like all other prisoners do in t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/26/prisoners-smuggle-in-stuff-with-a-toy-chopper/When notorious gangster Al Capone was incarcerated at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, he was treated with deference by guards, and maintained powerful connections from behind bars. I don't know about the wa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/17/al-capones-prison-cell/Prison inmates are an innovative bunch (case in point: p... ...at they've found ways to smuggle contrabands into prison . But this method is surely unique: inmates at a prison farm in Brazil have been using pigeons to smuggle... ...gle in cell phones!Guards at the Danilio P...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/05/prisoners-smuggle-in-cell-phones-with-pigeons/Writers agree that pens are mightier than... ...elections, and the release of political prisoners . State-run newspapers attacked these writers...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/