Just imagine one day you've done a crime get found out and then you get locked up you know that your
life will not be the same for the remainder of time you're in prison it's pretty obvious many
things you use every day are not allowed in prison this includes cell phones the internet and many of
your favorite foods but there are many unexpected and surprising things which inmates can't have
behind bars from a book which has been deemed so dangerous for prisoners to read that it's
been banned in every prison in the usa to everyday things like chewing gum that he would assume would
be totally fine to have in prison chewing gum in prisons guards normally do a cell sweep every day
at maximum security prisons this is done in the morning and evening but in normal security
prisons this is done every day in the morning when this happens one thing many prisoners worry about
are the guards finding their chewing gum stash you may wonder why can't prisoners have chewing
gum behind bars well chewing gum can be very useful for making molds of keys prisoners can
use the gum to make an impression of the key this could be a key to their cell or a
key to a storage cupboard in one of their rec rooms gum can also be used to jam door locks
of course this would cause problems for the prison guards they'd think they'd locked up their inmates
when in reality they could get out chewing gum can also be hardened and made into a sharp object
this could be used to harm the prisoner themselves or someone else in the prison and even in some
cases this has been used on prison guards so for those reasons chewing gum and bubble gum is banned
behind bars it is sometimes snuck in by visitors to the prisoners but if prison guards find it this
can increase your sentence in prison and in some cases even get you put in solitary confinement
books there are many books which you're not allowed to read behind bars this comes as a
shock to a lot of new inmates after all to pass the time many prisoners read books there's one
book in particular that every prison in the usa has banned this is called the 48 laws of power
by robert greene the book provides 48 laws on how to live your life and gain confidence
this is based off the mindsets of henry kissinger machiavelli and sun tzu these are all great
strategists who many said were ruthless many prisons also banned the follow-up to the 48 laws
of power this is the book the art of seduction also by robert greene prisons feel these books
teach inmates how to manipulate each other another banned book in u.s prisons is the aaa road atlas
this book was released in 2009 and it contains maps of the usa canada and mexico the book has
lots of tips for traveling through national parks and tourist areas but in 2015 the book was banned
that's because it could aid prisoner escapes it's pretty obvious why someone in prison would want to
read this after all it's not like they'd be going on vacation anytime soon if they were locked up
another very banned book in prisons is the black endeca advanced home wiring book this
is a self-help manual for the home improvement electrician it shows you methods on how to
install various electrical components and it also shows you the basics of electronic wiring systems
in prison many people try and learn a trade craft so you may be surprised to learn that in 2017 this
book was banned this is because they don't want prisoners messing with the prison's electrics
everything from the lights to the alarms to the locks on the doors are done with
electrical circuits and they worry that if prisoners know how these work they could
change them or mess with them in some way one more book prison span is named zodiac unmasked
this is a book all about the zodiac this was an unidentified person who took many lives in
the 1960s and 70s the zodiac taunted the police and is said to have taken 40 lives the book was
banned a few years back because of descriptions of criminal activity prisons worry that inmates
may be inspired by this and do similar crimes the book also talks about manipulating police
which is something that prisoners may start to do if they read it spiral bound notebooks
in prison many inmates pass the time by writing some of the greatest books in history have been
written by people in prison notorious gangster al capone wrote many diaries and his life stories in
prison inmates can do this on sheets of paper but something they're not allowed are spiral
bound notebooks one of the reasons is because the metal spiral can be taken out and used as a sharp
object this could be used to injure other inmates or the prison guards but another reason is that
this spring could be used to pick a lock r-rated movies in some prisons you're allowed to watch
tv shows and movies this is the case for medium and low security prisons in the uk
but in 2013 a rule was brought in to say that any r-rated movies are not allowed to be watched in uk
prisons this includes any r-rated movies shown on tv and also on dvds strangely you can watch
prison escape movies in prison as long as they're not rated 18 plus but back in 2013 the justice
secretary said he did not want any prisoners watching r-rated movies many people say this is
silly because prisoners have often lived pretty extreme lives some would even say r-rated lives
but there's a reason r-rated movies are not allowed in uk prisons the reason why is because
there's often fighting in those movies prisons worry that this may inspire the inmates to do
similar things and cause big prison brawls phone numbers and addresses one strange thing prisoners
are not allowed to take into prison with them is lists of names or addresses this is for various
reasons for one this list of names could be brought in and those people could then be targeted
when prisoners get out for example it would be very bad if a prisoner took a list of people
who testified against them in court into prison with them prisoners normally have to memorize
their family and friends names and addresses they then write this down on paper they're given while
in prison sometimes prisoners write down names and addresses of their friends in bibles but in some
prisons bibles are also banned instead they have to be special soft bibles provided by the prison
that's because large hardback bibles and books can be carved out contraband then can be hidden inside
those books also big heavy books with hardbacks are banned because they could be used to whack
people over the head with getting whacked on the head with an encyclopedia sure would hurt
staples pins and paper clips a lot of the time prisoners have lots of documents this is because
their lawyers send them big stacks of paperwork but sometimes this can actually get prisoners
into trouble all of this legal paperwork often has staples pins or paper clips attached to it
but all of those things are strictly banned behind bars staples could be used to poke people with or
they could be used as a makeshift tattoo needle paperclips can be used to pick locks or used to
poke people with and pins can also of course be used as a small poking device lots of toilet paper
every prisoner gets an allotted amount of toilet paper for free every single week prison may be
tough but at least you don't have to pay for your own toilet paper you can however buy more from the
commissary if you have the money but one thing you're not allowed to do with toilets paper is
hoard lots of it if you already have a few rolls in your cell you may not be allowed to buy more
and if you sneak more in and try and hoard it you could get in serious trouble
that's because over time it could be hardened to make a prison shank it sounds crazy but this has
been done many times before full-length pencils prisoners love writing it's a great way to pass
the time but one thing they can't write with is a full-length pencil instead they're given those
tiny miniature ones people play bingo with the reason why larger pencils are banned is because
they could be used as a poking device sometimes prisoners modify the tiny pencils they're given
so it's easier to write with makeup in women's prisons many of the inmates still want to look
good that's why in certain women's prisons you can actually buy makeup from the commissary
but in other prisons this is not available or sometimes outright banned some female prisoners
have been known to use the food coloring from the shells of m ms and mix them with water
this then makes makeup that they can put on their face but even though this seems
totally harmless this is against the rules in many prisons and will get you into big trouble
sleeping masks according to inmates one of the worst things about prison is the lack of sleep you
get this is for various reasons for one prisons are very noisy at night people are often fighting
chatting or just shouting out of pure boredom or insanity but another reason it's hard to sleep
in prison is the light quite often for security reasons some prisons leave some lights on all
the time you may think a sleeping mask may help here but they're actually banned in many prisons
sometimes prisoners make their own but this will get them into big trouble
anything rechargeable prisoners are allowed to buy batteries from the prison commissary
but usually anything rechargeable for example an electric toothbrush is banned this prevents
the charges being adapted to charge illegal mobile phones jewelry jewelry except for some
small religious jewelry is banned this is because it could be used to harm the prisoner
other prisoners or the prison guards the jewelry also must not have a value of more than 100
that's because someone may take your life for it it may sound crazy but prisons are very tough and
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