The hand-made gadgets of prison inmates

Posted by Joel Johnson, July 17, 2008 8:16 AM | permalink

Marc Steinmetz's "Escape Tools" photographs showcase the ingenious hacks of prison inmates made from detritus and scrounged materials. Not all of the items are for escape in the strictest sense. This tube of horseradish paste, for instance, was fashioned into a not-so-crude hash pipe. Harsh.

Escape Tools [MarcSteinmetz.com via MAKE:]

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#1 posted by LogrusZed , July 17, 2008 8:45 AM

Looking at the radio transmitters made me think Germany has a lot smarter prison populace than we do here in the USA, then I saw that one of them was hidden inside a technical manual on radio transmitters.

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#2 posted by ridestowe , July 17, 2008 1:06 PM

that's a nice little gallery, are there any more of these on the internets?

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#3 posted by error1 , July 17, 2008 3:19 PM

The dagger is not a crucifix, its just a cross

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#4 posted by E0157H7 , July 18, 2008 12:19 AM

I'm amazed by the ingenuity of some prisoners. Prison-made firearms are always impressive, but other things like the knuckleduster and the cross dagger are brutally effective. The wrist rocket is me favorite.