Random Prison Facts

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Prison Officer Equipment Carry

Baton, OC Spray, AW-radio, flashlight, cuffs, mouth guard, mask, keys, latex gloves, notepad, pens.

Types of Contraband Items

Weapons, tools, narcotics, luxuries.

Prison Weapons

Shiv blade, knuckleduster, saw, shank, pen-knife, grapple-hook, SD, can-lids, toothbrush, spoon, razor, sap, broom-handle, Pen, pencil.

Nazi Concentration Camps : (1939-45)

I) Prisoner serial number tattooed on arm.

II) Camp no. sewn on clothes.

III) Sometimes special symbol added, like Jews (r, A,B), Romani (Z).

IV) Cloth emblem symbols included various color-coded inverted triangles, symbol 'X', double triangle star, bars over stars and triangles, other letters, special marks.

V) Emblems also used on detainee ID cards.

VI) Armbands used.

Related Combat Systems

52-Blocks

Racial Profiles (US)

Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native Am., Whites, Others.

Stationery Items Allowed

Notepads, notebook, pencil, flexible pens, phone-book.

ET 

According to Dulce Base reports, the ET assigned Prison No. to abducted entities.

# In 1924, a Labrador Retriever dog was sentenced to life at Eastern State Penitentiary (US) for killing governor's cat. [Prison #C-2559]

# In 1984, Chinagraph pencils used in prisons for marking roll-boards etc.

# German WW-II PoW Prisoner Forgery Kit : (1939-45)

Scissors, penknife+corkscrew, cig lighter, spent bullet cartridges, flat metal piece, button, metal clips, MT (saws, wire cutters, hacksaw), saw blade.

# Cowra PoW Camp, Aus :-- (1944)

The Japanese prisoners attacked with knife, BB bat, nail-studded clubs, wire stilletos, garrote cords.

# US Red Cross PoW Parcel :-- (1945)

Handkerchief, face cloth, socks, playing cards, razor, shaving cream, toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, cigarettes, cigarette case, hard candy, chewing gum, stationary, book, Pencil.

# Kengir Labor Camp, Soviet Russia :-- (1954)

Prisoners used slingshot, battering ram, shanks in riot.

# N. Korean Camp-22 (1965)

The prison guards were equipped with auto-rifles, hand grenades, trained dogs.

# CIA Rectal Toolkit -- (1960s)

Cutting blades, saw blades, reamer bit, pliers/ wire-cutters, file bits, drill bits, grinding bit.

# An inmate smuggled-in the prison a capped metal pipe about 7-8" long, containing 3 saw blades, a cuff key, 2 razor blades, a Shank.

# HM Prison Maze, N. Ireland :-- (1983)

During the prison escape, the inmates attacked prison guards with handguns, knife, SD, hammer.

# A prison-made weapon was an electronically-fired Shotgun during a breakout in Germany (1984).

# Clinton Correctional Facility, NY :-- (2015)

For escape, prisoners used smuggled-in Hack saw blades, chisels, drill bits, SD, punch tool.

# Topo Chico prison, Mexico :-- (2016)

Prisoners used bats, sticks, hammer, cudgels, knife, razor blades, shanks for riot.

# Kern Valley State Prison, US :-- (2018)

Contraband seized from drones included hacksaw blades, razors, tweezers, cellphones, chargers, SIM cards, drugs.

# Port of Spain (Trinidad & Tobago) Prison Contraband seized [2019]

The package contained cigarettes, box cutters, a pen-knife, a scale, wrapping paper, lighters, Marijuana blocks, notebook, pen.

# According to the Geneva Convention, PoW only have to divulge the "Big Four" - Name, Rank, Serial Number, Date of birth.

# Russian Prison Tattoos :-- (1930-50s)

a) The 3 categories-- 

"CK" for Ssylno-Katorzhny (hard labour convict), "SP" for Ssylno-Poselenets (hard labour deportee) "Б" for Begly (escapee). 

b) In 1846, VOR was replaced by "KAT"; the first three letters of the word for "hard labour convict" or katorzhnik.

c) The tattoos show a "service record" of achievements and failures, prison sentences, the type of work a criminal does,  his "thief's family".

US Prison Phone System

It allows you to make either Collect calls or Prepaid calls. 

Prepaid calls requires the inmate to have money sent in by friends/ family and posted to a phone account and then calls are made by entering the Inmate no. and a PIN.

Escape From Iron Gate Prison boardgame (2019)

Escape manual, cards, drawing pad, timer, tokens, dice, pencils.

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