Prison is a very horrible place to be and these prisoners made it more horrifying. In each instance these things are genuinely made by prisoners in actual prisons. It’s pretty scary to see what they can do with very basic materials.
Germany Prisoners Who Made Shocking Tools And Weapons That Will Scare The Hell Out Of You
By
Johny in
Geeks and Gaming
On 12th November 2015
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#1 Even more advanced is this radio transmitter from Wolfenbuttel Prison. Made, unsurprisingly from radio recorder parts, such an item could either be secretly installed in a guard room to help prepare inmates for upcoming searches or as a part of a network of cell-based communication systems.
#2 Other notable items include this ladder, again from Santa Fu, which was crafted from a series of steel rails used as part of bookshelves and used as part of another failed escape attempt.
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#3 These knuckledusters, which boast a padded handle made from a rasp potentially stolen from a workshop, were also discovered, this time at the Wolfenbuttel prison in Germany back in 1993.
#4 Unique immersion heater made from razor blades. Found, once again, in Santa Fu, this heater can prove useful in the creation of moonshine, helping to ferment a convicts fruit mash or juice.
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#5 At the other end of the spectrum were basic tools like this saw, which was confiscated from an inmate at Santa Fu and even included a wooden handle for ease of use.
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#6 Then there were the out-and-out weapons. Like this Mace, made and discovered at Santa Fu in 1997, which doubled up as a tool to help push barbwire away.
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#7 Radio receivers were also constructed at Ludwigsburg prison, with inmates hiding their new technology inside big, deep books like encyclopedias.
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#8 There are classics like this makeshift rope, made from bed sheets and dish cloths and measuring a whopping 16 meters in length. The “rope” in question was used in a bungled escape from the Santa-Fu’ jail in Hamburg back in May 1998 when two inmates attempted a daring breakout only for one to fall while climbing and the other to be captured on the roof of the facility’s main gate.
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#9 Yet all else pails in comparison to this shotgun made from iron bedposts.Used as part of a daring breakout at a prison in Celle back in May 1984, the shotgun worked using a charge made from pieces of lead, curtain tape and match heads, which was ignited by a broken light bulb and AA batteries.In this instance, two inmates used the gun to not only take a jailer hostage but also blow out a pane of bulletproof glass before escaping by car.
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#10 There’s also this incredible 4.5 metre grappling hook, which was crafted out of 13 separate segments of extension rod along with a “rope” made from leather and string.Crafted by two inmates at the Ludwigsburg Prison in 1987, this tool actually allowed the pair to climb two walls and make a daring escape, with security no doubt beefed up in the years that followed.
