When we think of tattoos, it’s easy to think of them as a modern trend which the youth of today loves to wear. Right? The word tattoo is not just limited to a particular age group or era. Tattoo fanatics can be found anywhere. Now who can say that the guy with full body tattooed pictured here is a prisoner? Here are few pictures of South African prisoners with amazing body art.
Prisoner tattoos: 'Bar' No bar….
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Omg, these are amazing!
these pics are pretty good. having grown up around this gang culture in my childhood, these are what nightmares are made of!
Not to mention the language that they speak, it’s a whole different dialect and takes immense language skills to understand, let alone speak.
Great collection. Perhaps you could include some gang tatts from South Africa?
if you think these are good you shouldn’t get tattooed these are terrible they lack artist talent and are extremely simple they’re bad even for prison tattoos
They’re commenting on the photos, Nate, you twit, not the tattoos themselves.
Jesus used to be my idol, before I saw this bunch.
holy cow they look like they came out of a coal mine, those are hard core dudes right there.
NATE- thats what makes them so good.
I have to agree with Nate, here. These are by far the worst prison tats I have ever seen. after spending six years in the pen, believe me, I’ve seen some terrible ones.
These tattoos suck ass, I want my 20 seconds back.
well i am from south africa
and yeah these tattoos are shit!!!
but it’s not about the tattoos it’s about the meaning.... they are gang tattoos which tell a story and show your rank in that gang
these guys are as hardcore as they come.... rapists, murderers, robbers, etc.
most of them come out of jail and commit crimes just to get back into jail because they’ve been inside for so long that they know no other life. plus on the outside they are nobodies and what gang you belong to counts for shit
Blind king these tats are from south-africa .....as rahul said they are the worst of the worst . Majority of these prisoners are in the numbers Gang and are either 26’s, 27’s or 28’s and most likely from polsmoor prison in cape town .and ye the tats are shit but they are not put on to look good ,its the meaning behind them . Artistry’s not great lol but then again they were probably done by a uneducated illiterate gangster from the cape flats
to whomever wrote this bullshit blog: uh, no, actually WE dont think of modern youth getting inked up when WE hear the word tattoo ....maybe YOU do...but as a person who submits ”information” online....why dont u consider this professional and INTELLIGENT bit of advice: DONT EVER FUCKING ASSUME THAT I OR WE IS YOU!!!!!Small minded pricks like u piss me off whenever you have the audacity to speak for anyone....dont include others in your small little bloggingmindworld....when I think of tattoos.. I think of TRADITION..TRIBALISM..GANGS..MUSICIANS SACRED DESIGN..A MILLION THINGS OTHER THAN WHAT YOU CLAIMED WE ALL THOUGHT OF
Nicole,
Forget your meds today. Wow.
Rage away on the net psycho chick.
beautiful. just fabulous. so many stories.
Hey Nicole - we all (the rest of us here) think that you need to seriously find some other issues to protest. Maybe something that actually matters. Wow.
I looked at the pictures and I was quite moved by the faces/eyes of these men. Whatever they have done and lived trough... I can almost feel it.
Nicole’s a B*tch!
...Talk about a real Debby Downer.
I typed in Polsmoor and SA into google search. looking for a topic to do my masters Psych thesis on...and came acroos this site...ya I agree these pics. are awesome and really capture the sadness of these guys. Sure they are possibley if not definitely the scum of the earth due to their heinous crimes, but the fact that they tatoo themselves in order to ’belong’ coz most of them are abandoned by their own families, really makes me pity them...thanks
Perfect backgrounds, excellent lighting and shading. And you have really captured it all in the faces. Thank you for sharing these. It is fasinating how one can tell a story on their body. I like to think of my tattoos as part of my life’s journal.
I like your comment.Yes i can look at my tattoos and tell you what happened that day i got the tattoo. Journal good word.
Why are tattoos always associated with gangs and prison? There are many people in high cooperate places with full body tattoos,what do we do get ridd of them all even though they are very intelligent people with tattoos.
I don’t understand, go to wendy’s drive through what would you rather see a well kept person with tattoos or the lady with holes in her teeth that you can pick last week’s lunch from when she smiles and gives you your food? Think about it.