These are 17 incredibly clever items built by prison inmates. It makes sense that people in prison would make things, as they don't have much in the way of personal possessions, and it also makes sense that they would need to get creative, seeing as they don't have much in the way of tools.
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Smoking pipe made from a chicken bone and scrap.
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Shivs made in prison out of cigarette lighters and a pencil sharper.
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Cooking recipes found in a cell.
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Flashlight and reading light.
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Flip flops with a cell phone in them.
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Inmates hide “bugs” in the guards' rooms to listen for cell shakedowns.
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Wrench made to unscrew windows to escape.
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This prisoner and his custom made “cellmates” proudly on full display.
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Shoes with hidden cell phones inside of them. 4 cell phones were found inside of the soles, which had been hollowed out.
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Double barreled zip gun.
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Hotplate made from a brick.
