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Only for an hour or so though, got a job on Tuesday photographing some prisoners that have been doing charity work, I'll need to remember to take my file and bolt cutters out the camera bag!! 
I'm going to prison!
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Bare in mind that a double-convex lens element chipped down like a flint axe would make a top-class blade, and if properly utilised a capacitor out of a flash could immobilise a guard for a respectable amount of time. A time-hardened inmate could make any number of creative shivs from your gear so keep it very close to hand.
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Bare in mind that a double-convex lens element chipped down like a flint axe would make a top-class blade, and if properly utilised a capacitor out of a flash could immobilise a guard for a respectable amount of time. A time-hardened inmate could make any number of creative shivs from your gear so keep it very close to hand.
You give them too much credit - In my experince with prisoners and cameras (both still's and video's) they are too busy trying to work out how to bare their arse on camera than how they could use it for an effective escape!!
Don't worry about that though, you'll be escorted at all times.
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I've worked in quite a few prisons with my other job, and always been escorted, but worked at the State Hospital at Carstairs, not always escorted in there, despite some of Scotlands most dangerous people being in the same room! Scary!!
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Bare in mind that a double-convex lens element chipped down like a flint axe would make a top-class blade, and if properly utilised a capacitor out of a flash could immobilise a guard for a respectable amount of time. A time-hardened inmate could make any number of creative shivs from your gear so keep it very close to hand.
wtf?!?!?! we have an ex-con amongst us! lol
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No it's just MacGyver.
have a great day.
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Pah, the A team could make a fully functioning escape vehicle with weapons. Probably a potato bazooka from a canon 100-400
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Oooh that burglar's a cutie
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Only for an hour or so though, got a job on Tuesday photographing some prisoners that have been doing charity work, I'll need to remember to take my file and bolt cutters out the camera bag!!
If any of the inmates are interested in digital photography be sure to explain what is meant by the term "Lag Time".
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And don't even mention anything about rear elements 
Hi,
Used to be a Prison Officer and it is indeed unusual to allow photography 'inside' for security reasons. It will depend on the Governor and how many brownie points he/she comes out of it with!
Remember you could be searched going in [and out], drugs dogs are often about and some nicks have 'orifice scanners'....
If I had a camera I could have taken some shots that people would never believe, nick can be a very very strange place to work! Ah the stories I could tell.
It is a male prison I take it?
Dunc
Used to be a Prison Officer and it is indeed unusual to allow photography 'inside' for security reasons. It will depend on the Governor and how many brownie points he/she comes out of it with!
Remember you could be searched going in [and out], drugs dogs are often about and some nicks have 'orifice scanners'....
If I had a camera I could have taken some shots that people would never believe, nick can be a very very strange place to work! Ah the stories I could tell.
It is a male prison I take it?
Dunc
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Just make sure a prisoner doesn't try to change places with you and you end up serving time!
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Hi,
Used to be a Prison Officer and it is indeed unusual to allow photography 'inside' for security reasons. It will depend on the Governor and how many brownie points he/she comes out of it with!
Remember you could be searched going in [and out], drugs dogs are often about and some nicks have 'orifice scanners'....
If I had a camera I could have taken some shots that people would never believe, nick can be a very very strange place to work! Ah the stories I could tell.
It is a male prison I take it?
Dunc
Yeah it's a male prison, some prisoners have been doing some charity work and the charity are wanting some promo shots. I'm not 100% but I think it's a fairly low level offender type place. It's not Barlinnie, Shotts or Peterhead anyway!!