Soup Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 SHOTGUN made from iron bedposts; charge made of pieces of lead from curtain tape and match-heads, to be ignited by AA batteries and a broken light bulb. On May 21, 1984 two inmates of a prison in Celle, Germany, took a jailer as a hostage, showed off their fire power by letting go at a pane of bullet-proof glass, and escaped by car. THE CLASSIC Makeshift rope in the classic style, made from bedsheets and dish towels; length: 16 meters. On May 2, 1998 two inmates used it in a failed attempt to escape from the 6th floor of ‘Santa Fu’ jail in Hamburg, Germany. One of the men fell, the other made it to the roof of the main gate where he was spotted by a surveillance camera. IMMERSION HEATER made from razor blades; found in a cell in ‘Santa Fu’ jail in Hamburg, Germany. Jailbirds use these tools to distil alcoholic beverages forbidden in prisons. Your typical inmate’s moonshine still includes a plastic can containing fermented fruit mash or juice, an immersion coil of some sort, a rubber hose, and a plastic receptacle for the booze. NARCOTICS CACHE In a hollow space inside his artificial leg a prisoner in open detention frequently smuggled narcotics into ‘Santa Fu’ prison in Hamburg, Germany. Around 1984 his behaviour finally got the attention of the jailers who gave the prosthesis a check. LADDER made of steel rails from bookshelves. On October 10, 1994, inmates Gerhard Polak and Raimund Albert used this ladder during their successful escape from ‘Santa Fu’ prison in Hamburg, Germany. GRAPPLING HOOK with segmented extension rod (13 segments, overall length: 4.5 meters); rope made of leather and string. This cleverly conceived tool assisted two inmates in their escape from Ludwigsburg prison, Germany, on August 19, 1987. The attached rod enabled them to place and retrieve the hook and thus negotiate two prison walls in succession. KNUCKLEDUSTER with padded handle, made from a rasp that was presumably stolen from a prison workshop. The weapon was found in a cell in the prison of Wolfenbüttel, Germany, sometime around 1993. MACE This instrument was found in 1997 in the metal workshop of ‘Santa Fu’ prison in Hamburg, Germany, where an unknown inmate manufactured and hid it. It is either a weapon, or, attached to a pole, might have been designed to push away barbed wire from the top of a wall during an escape. RADIO TRANSMITTER / BUG made of radio recorder parts by an inmate of Wolfenbüttel prison, Germany (battery is missing). Prisoners occasionally manage to install gizmos like this one in guard-rooms to be prepared for upcoming cell searches. Also suitable as a means of cell- to-cell communication among inmates. A standard radio serves as a receiver. RADIO RECEIVER Sometime in the seventies an inmate of Ludwigsburg prison, Germany, built this radio on the sly and hid it inside an encyclopedia. It was probably commissioned by another inmate who had no electronic expertise himself. SAW An inmate of ‘Santa Fu’ prison in Hamburg, Germany, fitted a wooden handle to a piece of saw blade for better handling. The tool was found in his cell and confiscated. STOVE / GRILL / TOASTER An inmate of Ludwigsburg prison, Germany, botched together this multi-purpose tool from wire, a broken heating rod and some tin foil. It was found in his cell and confiscated sometime in the mid-eighties. SHIV disguised as a wooden crucifix; found in an inmate’s cell in Wolfenbüttel prison, Germany, sometime around 1994; intended for use in an escape or as a general weapon. At that time a lot of crucifixes were fashioned in prison woodshops until jailers finally figured out their true purpose. DOUBLE-BARRELED PISTOL This gun was found along with other homemade firearms in the cell of two Celle prison inmates on November 15, 1984. The weapons had been made in the prison’s metal workshop. They were loaded with pieces of steel and match-heads. DUMMY PISTOL from blackened cardboard; found on June 23, 1988, in an inmate’s cell in Stammheim prison, Germany, after a fellow prisoner tipped off the jailers. The dummy was hidden in an empty milk pack and was most probably intended to be used for taking hostages in an escape attempt. CATAPULT fashioned by an inmate in the metal workshop of Wolfenbüttel prison, Germany, presumably as a means for smuggling secret messages, drugs, or gun parts. Although the prisoner claimed it to be a piece of abstract art entitled ‘Dackel’ (= dachshund), it was confiscated in 1991. HASH PIPE fashioned from an empty horseradish tube; confiscated in ‘Santa Fu’ prison in Hamburg, Germany. Smoking implements are the most common illicit items in prisons. The range of materials they are made of mirrors the inmates’ great imagination. SAW made from a wooden coathanger and a jagsaw blade. The tool was confiscated in the therapeutical section of Hohenasperg prison, Germany. TATTOOING NEEDLE made from a toothbrush handle, a ball pen and an electric motor; confiscated in ‘Santa Fu’ prison in Hamburg, Germany. Tattooing instruments are a popular and common source of income among inmates but are banned as ‘illegal objects’ due to the danger of infection (Aids, Hepatitis, etc.). WHIP with razor blades. The grisly weapon was found around 1996 in ‘Santa Fu’ jail in Hamburg, Germany, in the cell of a drug addicted inmate after his failed attempt to extort a higher Methadone ration by threatening a female prison officer with a knife. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 DUMMY SUBMACHINE GUN made from a grease injector, wood, a rubber sleeve, and tape. The mock weapon was found in 1994 in a prison workshop in Wolfenbüttel prison, Germany, after jailers were tipped off that an escape attempt was being planned. DUMB-BELL fashioned by an unknown inmate of Stammheim prison, Germany, in the prison’s metal workshop. In the late eighties, when this item was found hidden in a staircase, working out was still prohibited. GRAPPLING HOOK disguised as a wrought-iron candelabra, fashioned by an inmate around 1985 in a prison workshop in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, and confiscated in his cell. Before they were banned, candelabras like this one were quite popular among prisoners as they could also be used as grappling hooks in an escape attempt after bending open the legs and attaching a rope. ROPE LADDER with wooden rungs disguised as chess pieces; found and confiscated in an inmate’s cell in Wolfenbüttel prison, Germany, around 1993. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smacky636 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 awesome post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_gacy Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Dope thread, would like to see this blow up. U.S. prisons do a lot fo the same shit, like the immersion heater, dummy guns, etc. An inmate (forget where) recently made a dummy pipe bomb he used to take a jailer hostage and created a stand-off. There's always the cassette player tattoo gun, the baby powder and/or toilet paper roll speakers, etc., etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armand hammer Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 haha this is awesome great thread props. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Sprat* Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 great post. i feel like making some of these weapons just to past time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM4RT Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Desperation breeds creativity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Demolishun Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Fleshlights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruityLexia. Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Crafty german bastards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexDiamonds Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 YO this is the dopest thread I seen in a while. Props./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 This made me lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Whip with razorblades FTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMad.GIF Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 That whip is what's up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinky the kid Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 this thread fucking delivered so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autoteller Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 shit, people should post up some current non-metalshop jailhouse techniques. it's always good to know how to light a cig while in a holding cell. all you need is a paperclip and a fist to smash out a socket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Harris Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 That crucifix is fucking gnar.. Props Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suca Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 santa fu security kinda sucks... apperently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohnoone Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 ^ yea really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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belmonts Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Inmates used ingenuity to take guns, pot from cops by Holbrook Mohr JACKSON, Miss. — Stealing 90 pounds of pot and 16 guns from a Mississippi police department took ingenuity and several prison inmates — and the police chief says he's relieved that guilty pleas in the case have lifted a cloud of suspicion from his agency. "I'm just glad this has lifted a black eye from the police department," Greenwood Police Chief Henry Purnell said. "At one time, people thought police officers took the guns." The last of eight suspects indicted on federal charges in the case — including several inmates, a janitor and a county road employee — pleaded guilty Monday. Authorities say prisoners stole the marijuana from an evidence vault and later took 11 pistols and five machine guns from a locked closet. Authorities say most of the guns, if not all, ended up in Chicago. Nine of the weapons were recovered there. The marijuana was never recovered. Purnell, who had refused to discuss the case in detail while charges were pending, described the brazen plan this week during a telephone interview with The Associated Press. Several inmates who were serving time at the Leflore County Community Work Center had job assignments at city buildings. They'd been working there so long "they knew the ins and outs of the police department," Purnell said. Between August and September of 2005, inmates Cedrick Lowery and Freddie "Fox" McGee figured out they could shut down electricity to the evidence vault and bypass a magnetic lock, Purnell said. Then they removed a vent on the roof, used a broom stick to trigger a latch inside the room and made off with the marijuana. In September 2005, Lowery and McGee, a 42-year-old inmate serving six years on a cocaine charge, figured out a way to get into a locked closet by removing a ceiling tile in an adjacent room, according to a 16-page federal indictment. Related Content: Inmate wants to block calls in missing-guns caseRelated to: prisoners marijuanaprisoners drugsCedrick LoweryFreddie Fox McGeeAndre RedmondDerek Dee SalleyUncle BloodJohn Camp Smith The 30-year-old Lowery, who was serving a 10-year sentence for car theft and receiving stolen property, climbed into the closet and handed McGee 11 Smith & Wesson .40-caliber pistols, the indictment said. They hid the guns in trash bags at City Hall then smuggled them out with help from another inmate, Andre Redmond, a 35-year-old prisoner serving five years for accessory to auto theft. County road department employee Derek "Dee" Salley, who supervised Redmond, allegedly drove the inmate to pick up the guns, which Redmond hoped to sell to someone he called "Uncle Blood" in Chicago, prosecutors said. Redmond and Salley delivered the guns to Redmond's girlfriend, who in turn delivered them to a relative of Redmond's in Lexington, according to court records. Around the same time, Lowery and another inmate, John Camp Smith, allegedly stole five Colt M-16 machine guns from the closet. Lowery, McGee, Redmond and the other suspects have pleaded guilty to a range of felonies and await sentencing. A sentencing date has not been set. Eight of the pistols and one of the machine guns were found in Chicago, mainly during traffic stops, Purnell said. He said more arrests could be made in the Chicago area. Officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. attorneys office that prosecuted the case declined comment, saying a news release would be issued later Thursday. Purnell said he has improved security at the police department by beefing up the vaults and adding surveillance cameras. And now he won't allow inmates to work there so long, so they won't become too familiar with police procedure or department employees. The only department employee caught up in the scheme was a janitor, Purnell said. ______ Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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swordfish meatloaf Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 im liking this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnLester#31 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 "We have 24 hours to stay ahead of you, and you only come here for 8 hours, so you gotta step up your game to keep up with us." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeRVe54 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I was considering writing a book about something very similar. The only thing that stopped me from pursuing that was that it's pretty much dry snitching. Of course most of those items were made back in the day, but a few are still around, the stinger for example, which isn't used for distilling, but cooking. The shotgun however was pretty impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineCabinet Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Desperation breeds creativity. ^ this in middleschool, they took us to a museum at a maximum security prison (where paul bernardo is being held). of course we were nowhere near the actual prisoners, but all the weapons/model cross-sections explaining escape attempts/torture weapons built by the prisoners were more than impressive being locked up like an animal in a building full of dangerous/talented criminals - not exactly working /nocrossfire ya forgot the classic razorblade melted onto the head of a toothbrush! awesome thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinz n'at Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 those are awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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absolute.despair Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Materials: "Unbreakable" plastic comb; three single-edge razor blades inserted into teeth; wrapped with copper wire and shoelace. Backstory: During the 1980s, a modest stipend of $1.10 per day was deposited into each working prisoner's personal account. The comb and shoelace used here were available from the prison commissary at that time. By completing an order form, prisoners could make purchases and tailor a shiv to their own design specifications. Materials: Gardening glove with smaller glove inside; four steel upholstery tacks, each with three sharp points exposed, sewn between gloves. Backstory: A pair of gardening gloves were issued to an inmate assigned to outdoor landscape detail. The sharp metal points beneath the cloth are actually the bottom sides of four inverted upholstery tacks, lifted from the furniture shop and stitched into the knuckles of the glove: the idea here is that the points become more pronounced when the user makes a fist. Materials: Wood strip; five large razor blades glued into one side; six small razor blades glued into other and wrapped with boxing tape, rubylith and clear tape; handle wrapped with boxing tape. Backstory: Lifted from the facility's metal sign shop, this shiv is wrapped in "rubylith" — a red, masking tape classically used in signmaking (and, before the digital revolution, commonly employed by graphic designers in the production of "mechanicals"). Eleven disposable razor blades, available for purchase from Rahway's commissary back in the 1980s, are carefully inserted down the sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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