Process of Making a Prison Tattoo Gun

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Joshua Ramirez Writ 121 06C Process Analyses Final Draft The Process of Making a Prison Tattoo Gun Photo of tattoo gun is from MSPcontraband.com Photo of tattoo gun is from MSPcontraband.com For incarcerated inmates, the items needed in making a tattoo gun can all be purchased from commissary. Although it is illegal to possess a tattoo gun in prison, inmates continually make these homemade tattoo machines. If inmates are caught tattooing or being tattooed, a write up will be issued to the inmate, and all electrical items won’t be allowed to be purchased by the inmate for 1 year. To build a tattoo gun in prison, these materials are needed: * ballpoint BIC® Pen * electrical tape or a rubber band * beading needle/guitar string * toothbrush * battery-operated motor from a cassette disc player * pencil eraser * 2 AA batteries Figure 1. Shows the removal of the ball from the tip of the pen. Picture taken by Joshua Ramirez Figure 1. Shows the removal of the ball from the tip of the pen. Picture taken by Joshua Ramirez Follow the simple 7 steps below: 1.) Take the BIC® Pen and remove the ink cartridge. Cut the outside casing about 3 inches long. Remove the very tip of the pen from the long plastic cartridge. Use fingernail clippers and snip off the ball from the tip, leaving as much metal casing as possible. (See Figure 1.)This is where the needle will come in and out from, and while tattooing ink is stored in this area. The smaller the hole opening the better, so ink will stay inside the tip, and not flow out. Take the very tip and wash with hot soapy water, making sure all of the ink is out and completely clean. Then set tip in a cup and boil in microwave to kill all bacteria. CAUTION: ------------------------------------------------- Use a piece of toilet paper so the ink from the pen does not get on

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