Homemade and Jailhouse Tattoos

[Dan S]

Thought it would be interesting to see and hear about "homemade", you know, the needle-wrapped-in-thread and ink variety tattoos, and about "jailhouse" work, be it single needle dipped in ink, guitar-string in a BIC pen barrel with a tape-player motor, or any other variant.

I still have a few that haven't been covered, and I've seen many, many really nice pieces come out of various joints. I will post some pics as soon as I can scrounge a better camera, and get permission form some of my Brothers to post pix of their work.

Anyone else have an interest in this? If not, Admins, please feel free to delete this!

[JAllen]

i like seeing prison tattoos. lots of times even when it's not anything great, there's still some cool stuff to be gleaned from them. whenever someone i'm coming in tells me that they got something in prison and show it to me, i'll ask if they have more and to show me. sometimes you get to see some tough looking tattoos and get ideas from them.

[Jack]

i have a shitty one from when i was 15, my gf was trying to poke her initials in me with a sewing needle and india ink, but she went too deep and got queasy when i started bleeding. haha. it's 3/4 of a K. Sooooooo lame. hahhaha

[Petri Aspvik]

I have the Wu-Tang logo, back when I was 15 :P Some kinda needle/s was melted in a piece of plastic and the ink was the ink from a ballpoint pen. I got it in a group home, sitting in my bed while other boy tapped it in. Cant remember how long it took. 1 hour?

I just realised its almost all worn out. Cant even see it. Had to look for it. Its "covered" with a bad cover up that didn't even cover it. Hate that fucking tattoo.

Funny, the tattoo artist asked me "what the fuck is this? A puzzle piece?" I said yeah, yeah... I was too nervous to explain him that is a Wu-Tang logo, and what the fuck the Wu-Tang even is while Jimi Hendrix was blasting from the speakers :D

[Kev]

One of the better and probably most famous prison tattoos out there:

[Scott R]

I have/had 5 guitar string type tattoos. All have been covered but now that my laser sessions are breaking up you can see the old stuff coming back. this was like 91-92

[Tight-Lines]

Danny Trejo... that is one legit dude.

[jade1955]

I had my knuckles tattooed when I was in reform school. Love and Hate.

They were tattooed at night, in between the patrols. Done with a single neeedle and some indian ink.

After I came out I had them surgically removed. So I've just got some faint scars.

If you want to see some incredible prison tattoos the Russian Criminal Tattoo books are a good read. The film The Mark of Cain is also well worth a watch, if you're into prison tattoos.

[hogg]

Megan Wilson posted this on Instagram recently with the caption "San Quentin/Folsom Prison Body Suit":

[kylegrey]

That's brilliant ,I guess that backs up the notion of not rushing between appointments .

[Petri Aspvik]

Did Megan give anymore info about that one? It just doesnt look like prison work at all.

[hogg]

Did Megan give anymore info about that one? It just doesnt look like prison work at all.

No, and I agree.

[Dan S]

No, and I agree.

Third that motion. Prison work, well, the technique could be, I've seen blackwork come out of Statesville looks better than anything I've seen in a "legit" parlor, but I've never seen anyone get hit with kanji and all the other oriental type work that boy is wearinng.

I have Brothers that are sleeved, that have full back pieces, that have their legs covered, but it's all "street" themed, if ya catch my drift.

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[Dusty]

Got and gave some good ol fashion stick and pokes when some friends and I were younger, the only up side was we had our hands on some talons. Hey some of them look like if hooper went to prison hahah just less accurate.

[intheflesh81]

i just got one this week for my mom for mothers day i couldnt get a card or gift so i got her a tattoo i got it done for free. done with india ink and needle on a pencil.

[Anisya]

You might find this interesting:

American Prison Tattoo Photos (Anthony Luke's photoblog/Robert Gumpert Photos)

anthony luke's not-just-another-photoblog Blog: American Prison Tattoos by Photographer Robert Gumpert

[kylegrey]

This is not directed at any one member of this forum BUT , c'mon guys lets do our homework ! Don't post about supposed hard to find shit that is one click away on Amazon ,re-read old threads etc .When I first joined this forum I was so cautious to post in case I fucked up ,theres no shame in having humility and respect for other members or even being scared to speak/post .

[autosdafe]

I love them. Cause they have to always get them covered up and that's money in my pocket lol

[Samo Mesec]

homemade

[hogg]

homemade

Ya don't say.

[durtyxsanchezz]

Megan Wilson posted this on Instagram recently with the caption "San Quentin/Folsom Prison Body Suit":

that is some badass artwork!

[xbox12]

prison tattos must be scary man and the ink could be unsafe

[Hogrider]

prison tattos must be scary man and the ink could be unsafe

Actually I think PRISON could be unsafe! :-)

[Shannon Shirley]

that's funny....

Actually I think PRISON could be unsafe! :-)

[DJDeepFried]

Seems like there's a book to be published or a documentary to be made.