he winds the wire around the screw to make a crude electromagnet but he also needs a metallic magnet which is pilfered from a phone or speaker. the magnet, when you put it on top of the screw, it bounces with the cycles of the electricity. you bounce like this. the needle is made from a staple attached to a q-tip shaft. and then you use soft string to tie it up. that s pretty much how you do it. the magnet when it bounce, it push the needle. i don t invent it but i learn it. several other bexar county inmates also make their own tattoo guns or rigs, and the source of their knowledge could very well spring from just one man, jose hidalgo. early on in his incarceration he was teaching the other inmates how to create these tattoo rigs, how to do the tattoos, and as a result they were destroying county property. once we re in the cell 23
managing a sprawling urban correctional facility like san antonio s bexar county jail is a task full of challenges. from inmates acting up to dealing with gangs and an illicit tattoo trade, officers are constantly put to the test. these inmates in here do have time to study. they know almost everything about your job. they know exactly when you re coming. they know exactly what you re looking for. inmates that are actually doing the tattoo, they ll stop what they re doing, they ll put away everything. all in most of the time within 20 seconds. they have time to actually hide their tattoo rigs, their ink, they will hide it on top of the light fixture, under the stairs as well, in a toilet.
he winds the wire around the screw to make a crude electromagnet but he also needs a metallic magnet which is pilfered from a phone or speaker. the magnet, when you put it on top of the screw, it bounces with the cycles of the electricity. you bounce like this. the needle is made from a staple attached to a q-tip shaft. and then you use soft string to tie it up. that s pretty much how you do it. the magnet when it bounce, it push the needle. i don t invent it but i learn it. several other bexar county inmates also make their own tattoo guns or rigs, and the source of their knowledge could very well spring from just one man, jose hidalgo. early on in his incarceration he was teaching the other inmates how to create these tattoo rigs, how to do the tattoos, and as a result they were destroying county property. once we re in the cell 23 hours a day, we get creative in
managing a sprawling urban correctional facility like san antonio s bexar county jail is a task full of challenges. from inmates acting up to dealing with gangs and an illicit tattoo trade, officers are constantly put to the test. these inmates in here do have time to study. they know almost everything about your job. they know exactly when you re coming. they know exactly what you re looking for. inmates that are actually doing the tattoo, they ll stop what they re doing, they ll put away everything. all in most of the time within 20 seconds. they have time to actually hide their tattoo rigs, their ink, they will hide it on top of the light fixture, under the stairs as well, in a toilet. they will find any little small opening that they know you won t find and they will put all of their contraband in there.
really care about it. if they run me out, i m going to leave before they do punishment or the reprimand on me. cardenas starts with some wire scavenged from some electric hair clippers. we rub the wire like this here. he winds the wire around the screw to make a crude electromagnet but he also needs a metallic magnet which is pilfered from a phone or speaker. the magnet, when you put it on top of the screw, it bounces with the cycles of the electricity. you bounce like this. the needle is made from a staple attached to a q-tip shaft. and then you use soft string to tie it up. that s pretty much how you do it. the magnet when it bounce, it push the needle. i don t invent it but i learn it. several other bexar county inmates also make their own tattoo guns or rigs, and the source of their knowledge could very well spring from just one man, jose hidalgo. early on in his incarceration he was teaching the other inmates how to create these tattoo rigs, how to do the tattoos,