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April 19, 2021

LEGO Maximum Security Prison Puts Your Minifigs Behind Bars

LEGO Maximum Security Prison Puts Your Minifigs Behind Bars
LEGO models can represent all kinds of different things, both imaginary and real. But this particular LEGO design takes on one of the more unpleasant sides of the real world – the seamy underbelly of society that is prison life.…
May 3, 2013

Benedict Cumberbatch Locked up in Taiwan!

Benedict Cumberbatch Locked up in Taiwan!
Most movie marketing is all about creating cool looking posters and teasing us with short trailers, but there is some clever marketing happening in Taiwan for Star Trek Into Darkness.…
January 5, 2013

Cat Smuggles Gadgets into Prison, Not a Mouse Among Them

Cat Smuggles Gadgets into Prison, Not a Mouse Among Them
As we already know, prisoners can be very inventive with all of that time they have on their hands. Now, it turns out that inmates at one prison have been using a very sly and clever way to sneak contraband tools and gadgets in – using a cat.…
August 10, 2012

Stab-Resistant Prison Pens: So People at the Office Can’t Stab You in the Back

Stab-Resistant Prison Pens: So People at the Office Can’t Stab You in the Back
Almost everything can be turned into a weapon. I think that much is clear if you’ve seen footage of prison brawls, where anything from spoons to toothbrushes can be deadly objects. …
April 17, 2012

Robot Prison Guard Being Tested, Swears It’s Not Preparing to Enslave Humanity

Robot Prison Guard Being Tested, Swears It’s Not Preparing to Enslave Humanity
While it isn’t quite as bad-ass as Alex Murphy, South Korea’s robot prison guard promises to uphold its prime directives: watch over prisoners and snitch to their human colleagues if needed.…
November 25, 2011

Robot Prison Guards Headed to Korean Jails

Robot Prison Guards Headed to Korean Jails
South Korea is set to test some new robot prison guards in their jails by as early as next year. The idea is to free up some of the human guards for other duties.…
June 18, 2011

Spread a Virus in Japan and Get Thrown in the Slammer

Spread a Virus in Japan and Get Thrown in the Slammer
That’s right, you read that right: if you’re caught with a virus on your computer, then you’ve got to shell out $6,200 in bail or spend three years in jail.…
March 15, 2010

Rapper Akon Drops New Perfume Called Konvict (Yes I Am Serious)

Rapper Akon Drops New Perfume Called Konvict (Yes I Am Serious)
I can understand rappers and other moguls want to diversify so they can get more money or whatever they are calling it in new rap videos today.…
August 5, 2009

Prisoner Inventions: Seems Like We Locked Up a Lot of Macgyvers

Prisoner Inventions: Seems Like We Locked Up a Lot of Macgyvers
Going to prison is a bit like being a kid again, because you’re denied a lot of things. But most kids are largely content with make-believe toys and scenarios and even imaginary friends.…
October 1, 2006

Amazing Ingenuity in Prisoners’ Inventions

Amazing Ingenuity in Prisoners’ Inventions
Back in 2001, the artists’ collective Temporary Services started a project with a prison inmate named Angelo in which they asked him to document how inmates adapt to their surroundings while confined.…