Have you ever thought what all the prisoners have to go through when they are in jail? I think that you never would have thought of that. They go through immense problems even for easy daily tasks like lighting a cigarette. Though they are not allowed to have a smoke in the jail yet some of them succeed in smuggling a smoke. But a cigarette has to be lit before you can smoke it and the prisoners have to make some weird inventions for doing so.
Some at the prisoners open up a light bulb and create a spark of electricity for lighting a cigarette.
Some of the inventions by the prisoners are mentioned below.
1) Zip Gun: This is a 4-barrel zip gun that is kept in the Kingston Penitentiary Library. You will not find a trigger in the image but it was crafter carefully from an overshoe.
2) GUN:
This is a fake gun that is made from wood and then is painted. May be it was made to scare a sheriff.
3) SHIV: This super sharp shiv was found at a blacksmith’s shop at William Head Institution. That looks real sharp to me...!
4) TATTOO GUN: Well prisoners also had to show some of the skills crafted on their body. For this they made this amazing tattoo gun. This too was developed by some inventor in Kingston Area Institution.
Below is an image of the best invention according to me. This is a water cigarette that was carefully made from a old razor. This used salt-water solution to increase the resistance of the device so that it does not blow up when electricity is passed through it. Here I have some video demonstrations to tell you how some of these great inventions were made from scrap. Do check these out as some of them are really interesting.
1) The Immersion Heater
2) Battery Cigarette Lighter
3) Paper Mache Dice
4) Candle Making
Via: crimesift
