I assume that they do not allow razors in Prison. So why don’t all prisoners have beards? When do they shave?
Shaving in prison with razors?
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I assume that they do not allow razors in Prison. So why don’t all prisoners have beards? When do they shave?
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They do allow razors in prison. When i was in jail they just handed them out twice a week and then picked them back up later that night. In prison they are yours to keep
This is a really good question actually
You can buy disposable razor or speak to a member of staff and they will give you a prison issue one. The prison issue one is normally quite bad, and is only single blade.
But you can buy electric razor or Gillette ones. However, it also depends on the prison and security level.
Id assume what type of prison/ what wing etc. However I could see a sign in / sign out for shower time once a week.
When I was in county for a month bid, they had corded buzzers, clippers, shavers, and nail clippers. All corded and locked down in the front of a single shiny ass metal “mirror.”. They were communal so everyone could use them. Kind of gross tbh, but how can you complain if youre in jail lol
When I went in, they gave us razors once a week on tuesday , you would have half an hour to shave in your cell and then they would come back and collect the razor. They would inspect it to make sure you didnt take the blade out.
People greatly misunderstand prison. MOST prisons are low or medium security prisons. Low sec prisons are super chill and lax because they house low risk criminals.
And people in them behave because if you fuck around in low sec you get your ass sent straight up the chain and those prisons are SIGNIFICANTLY less chill.
I believe high and max security give inmates razors at set times and they have to be returned intact or they get the beat down
In jails that I’ve been to they usually issue and collect them prisons Ive been to you could order them by the case and make 100 small shanks .. or a couple big ones lol
You can have razors. We used to remove the blades and use them with double a batteries to create a spark to light cigarettes in our cells. You can do it with a piece of tin foil and a battery, too.
You are allowed single-blade safety razors. You can buy better than that in most prison stores when they’re available. And prisoners get electric razors smuggled in and hide them.
You give it back after u use it or u get 1 blade bic good luck
In my county jail, they did not allow razors at all (I’m female). There was one piece of crap electric beard trimmer thing that was kept by the guards & you could ask to use it (with one of those orange outdoor extension cords attached because there’s no outlets in the cells). Needless to say, I was not about to use the “community” razor & waited to shave until I was released, 76 days later.
Yup! In prison (everywhere except the at risk unit/segregation) we were allowed razors. Just the super basic bic ones. One unit allowed them just a couple of times a week. We had single cells with showers in them so before the COs lunch break (where we all had to be locked down) they would give us all a razor (they would have to sign them out) and then when they came around to unlock us an hour or so later, we would have to hand it back before being allowed out.
In another unit you could just ask for one whenever you liked, you just had to hand it back that day.
If you self harmed with it, or pulled it apart, your razor privileges were revoked though.
Standard disposable razors are issued to inmates (and yes they can and do make weapons out of them )
We had to physically go to the CO and request ours for use. Could only have it in our cell for 15 minutes. They had them all locked away in their station in little bins with our names/numbers on them. Or you could wait for haircut day and have them buzz your face too.
Larry Lawton talked about this. They give you a single-blade razor and put you in a room to shave. When you’re done. You give the razor back to the guard and they verify it’s still in there.
Though Larry said he’d replace it with a strip of paper to smuggle the blade out. So I guess the guards didn’t always look too closely.
You’d think with all the restrictions in prison, shaving would be off the table but most prisons do actually let inmates shave, just with major rules around it. Razors are technically allowed, but they’re usually these super basic disposable ones. Inmates usually have to check them out like library books. You ask for one, use it, and turn it back in after. Guards keep a close count, too. If one goes missing, it’s a whole thing. Lockdowns, searches, the works. Not worth the hassle.