Its detail-oriented evolution as art exemplified by modern tattoo artists like Guy Aitchison, Nikko Hurtado, Paul Booth and others — is equally matched by the gaudy overdrive of popular culture and ...

Carl Vines, serving 10 years at the Avon Park Correctional Institution in Central Florida, tattooed the inside of his lip with the word "dope." Tavares Young, who has been in and out of prison since ...

SANTA FE — Prison constricts human realities. One way to escape is through acts of imagination, as seen in an intricately folded paper eagle poised for takeoff in Between the Lines: Prison Art & ...

Minnesota’s prison system is establishing a tattoo program in the hopes of giving inmates new skills and curbing the spread of bloodborne disease from illegal body art. The state Corrections ...

Black-and-white faces. Eyes that have witnessed decades of prison life and streets ruled by shadow codes. Bodies inked with stars, spiders, cats and cathedrals - symbols of rank, loyalty and defiance.