A prison is like a little city. It has a library, a beauty shop (which is just a fancy name for a hair cutting room), a medical wing, a rec yard… Of course, facilities vary from institution to institution, but if we exclude countries that have a different philosophy on incarceration altogether, most places are pretty similar.
So we’re told. For the average person, life behind bars remains a mystery. And quite an intriguing one. How do people organize themselves under such extreme circumstances? What do they miss? How do they spend their days? A TV show, for example, might give us an idea but if we constructed our worldview based on what we saw on the screen, we’d end up like Truman Burbank. In an illusion.
Instead, let’s take a realistic look at how inmates get by — the subreddit r/PrisonWallet is perfect for this job.
#1 Prisoners From Indiana Were Given Cats To Look After As Part Of A Rehabilitation Scheme. Here Is One Prisoner With A Hat He Knitted For His Cat!

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#2 “Lady”, An Electric Guitar Built Illegally By An Inmate In A Pennsylvania State Prison

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#3 These Are The Best Chess Figures I Have Ever Seen And These Were Made In Prison

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#4 Prison Issued Bleach Soap Carved With A Plastic Spoon And Empty Bic Pen

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#5 Asked An Inmate To Draw His Interpretation Of The Prison System. They Are Only Allowed A Blue Pen. Color Was Done By Melting Skittles And M&ms

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#6 Made Out Of Rolled Paper, Cardboard, Craft Paint, Bed Sheets, And Floor Wax (Clear Coat)

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#7 Model Of Hms St George Made By Pows Of The Seven Years War

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#8 The Face Of A Guard Made With Soap By A Prisioner In Brazil. All Made With Soap Even The Eyes

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#9 The Paper Mache Heads Made By Frank Morris, John Anglin And Clarence Anglin When They Escaped Alcatraz Prison

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#10 Found This In A Small Town Museum Today. Made By A Prisoner In Angola Prison Out Of Match Sticks And Pebbles From Prison Grounds

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#11 A Way Prisoners Make Rose’s For Their Loved Ones Made Of Jolly Ranchers

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#12 Asian Prison Art Made By Liv Bao Jin, A Chinese Refugee, Made And Sold To Pay Legal Bills, 1993

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#13 Two Picture Frames Made Out Of Chip Bags An Inmate Had Given My Mom Whilst Working The Jail As A Nurse

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#14 Trained Cockroach Smuggles Cigarette Into Prison Cells, June 1938

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#15 Carved By A Death Row Inmate Using Only A Spoon

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#16 Flashlight Made By Prisoner

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#17 DIY Dumbbell Made Of Old Battery’s Crafted In Jail

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#18 Hand Crafted Mah-Jong Set By A Japanese Prisoner Of War, Ww2

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#19 Toilet Paper Dice

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#20 Pen Art On Prison Linen

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#21 Prison Lamp Made From Popsicle Sticks

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#22 Pokemon Cards Made While In Prison

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#23 Hand Painted Playing Cards Made By French War Prisoners, Hampshire 1796

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#24 Prison Chess Set Made In The 1950s – Made Out Of Toilet Paper, Dried Bread & Shoe Paste

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#25 Toy Dachshund Made By A Prisoner Of War In Bristol, Gifted To A Family Near The Prison, Ww2

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#26 The Convict Cookbook, Made By Convicts At Washington State Penitentiary For Charity

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#27 Prison Made Harley Motorcycle Sculpture

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#28 “The Last Supper” As Carved By An Inmate On A Jailhouse Door

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#29 Flip Flops

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#30 Table Made From Ramen Noodles And Masking Tape

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#31 Prison Made Celluloid Bakelite Ring, Gifted To A Prison Guard, 1930s Ww2

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#32 Inmates Bug The Guards’ Rooms With “Bugs” To Listen For Cell Shakedowns

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#33 This Prison Tattoo Gun

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#34 This Tin Can Grill
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