tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post1548447565730828310..comments2024-03-19T08:48:37.047+00:00Comments on Prison UK: An Insider's View: Prison Tattoos... a Personal ViewPrisonUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05060870139110580938noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-39006271395896084092018-07-31T13:22:23.100+01:002018-07-31T13:22:23.100+01:00I read quite a lot about Russian prisons and I gue...I read quite a lot about Russian prisons and I guess there is a rule of thumb in Russia that all the facial tattoos are necessarily shameful which means that they were made forcibly if the inmate turns to be a "whistle-blower" or a homosexual(which has a very severe consequences there). I guess the notion that the tear under the eye unlike in Russia may not be shameful in the United States is misleading. If there is still some tattoo code here in the UK, I would strongly discourage you from making any tattoos, especially facial.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-22677532909637231622017-10-04T03:44:18.194+01:002017-10-04T03:44:18.194+01:00In the 1980s some boys chose to have a green dot t...In the 1980s some boys chose to have a green dot tattooed on their cheek underneath the eye in green ink this was to show that they had done borstal training it was usually done with a sewing needle most boys that wanted to be successfull criminals would refrain from having this done because it made everyone aware that they had been in the borstal system, most criminals in uk prisons used to look down on cons with the borstal dot as there is no U.K. prison tattoo codeSean Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17069148901114350092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-21133726911246657092017-10-04T03:36:00.407+01:002017-10-04T03:36:00.407+01:00The dot on the cheekbone under the eye was green i...The dot on the cheekbone under the eye was green ink and was usually known as a borstal dot boys who chose to have this done weren't thinking about a successful criminal career hence making it known to everyone that they had done borstal training Sean Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17069148901114350092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-33527025615451198352016-07-13T15:28:22.213+01:002016-07-13T15:28:22.213+01:00I remember as a kid in the mid-80s a line or a blu...I remember as a kid in the mid-80s a line or a blue smudge (little like a cut with blue ink rubbed in) under the eye. Right side just 3inchs down just above cheek (3inch down from middle of eye not side like a tear drop),Always blue ink....anyway my point was I don't see these tats anymore plus what did it mean? (Always thought it had something to do with Borstal, like u were given this tat not by choice)Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00355819515923998293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-62968234623019873022016-07-13T15:26:07.736+01:002016-07-13T15:26:07.736+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00355819515923998293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-70264882115760763512015-09-27T13:53:27.385+01:002015-09-27T13:53:27.385+01:00their is a tattoo mising from your uk prison tatto...their is a tattoo mising from your uk prison tattoo list, the borstal spot a simple dot under the eye , usealy done in young offenders or if your old enough borstal, this usealy means villian for life and shows that your no stranger to the systemTC6344https://www.blogger.com/profile/15753418841773753138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-38151198892417565512014-09-11T13:35:24.256+01:002014-09-11T13:35:24.256+01:00Thanks for your observations. British prison tatto...Thanks for your observations. British prison tattoos haven't developed to represent a secret code or rank system, unlike the Russian versions. I have seen young cons get tattoos of tears at the corner of their eyes supposedly to represent people they have killed, although some sources suggest that in the USA it actually means that they have been raped in prison.<br /><br />I've seen a fair amount of racist symbols used as tattoos in UK prisons, including swastikas. One young lad with a prominent EDL tattoo was ordered to wear an arm bandage to cover it up or face repeated nickings (disciplinary charges). PrisonUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05060870139110580938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-85740653750134296742014-09-11T11:52:52.545+01:002014-09-11T11:52:52.545+01:00Danzig Baldayev, a St Petersburg prison guard, spe...Danzig Baldayev, a St Petersburg prison guard, spent three decades documenting the body art of inmates. His life's work, the three-volume Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia, is captivating. We learn that cats can symbolise a thief's pedigree. A single cat says they acted alone; several cats together indicate a gang. <br /><br />Canada's Border Services Agency has a guide to tattoos that provides amusing evidence of how the authorities may stereotype tattooed gentlemen. AFFA ("Angel Forever, Forever Angel") on the knuckles screams Hell's Angel. A noose is favoured by KKK fans. VL stands for "vida loca" –my crazy life. Then again, never assume the worst: one man claimed "hate" on his knuckles stood for happiness all through eternity. According to the Canadian authorities, clown faces can mean "Laugh now, cry later" and "play now, pay later", which probably sums up the poor gang members' emotions when caught in customs with an enormous bag of drugs and guns. When placed on elbows or shoulders, the spider's web traditionally denoted being caught in prison. Other prison motifs include clock faces without hands, tombstones with numbers and a prison wall with bricks falling outward. What on earth could that mean? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com