5 life hacking, to help avoid losing sanity, health and a sense of humor in jail

How not to lose the physical form? Help plastic bottles!

According to Oleg, tutorial by Paul Wade (inmate of the US prison in the past) "training zone" - one of the most popular books in the Orel prison. Statistics Navalny speaks because he worked in the prison library, which is often frequented by prisoners just for this book.

Indeed, the knowledge of how to develop muscles and agility are very popular in captivity. However, for serious training It requires a special tool. So Oleg describes how to get it or make their own hands in the prison:

"In Sousse, in contrast to the living area, there is sportgorodkov and sports, so that to make various adaptations for sports falls homemade (and illegal). Actually, I had two.

• Firstly, hitrospletonnye cords for pulling on the grid of the prison yard. Each rope trudged eight strips pre-cut sheets - this skill, I received by studying Dutch manual knitting knots and ropes, which gave me a friend from St. Petersburg.
• Secondly, for potable water tank (for which was sewn a special backpack from bath towels).

In addition, we had gantelki - it has repeatedly manufactured the Toll Tomb. Makes it so: in prison yard (or camera if the lift floor) layer was removed fertile ground. This layer contains bricks, stones and other unnecessary artifacts, so it had to sift through a mesh loofah.

Sifted earth huddled form of pre pereshito sheets in the bag, then it was delayed cord, once again turned around with a cloth and sewn from sheets - for are tight and that the topsoil is not I spill. To the resulting sportkolbaske added handle and voila - gantelki-weighting was ready to serve the goals of healthy lifestyles. "

How to study? Pen!

In Bulk prison he took up the study of Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, and Japanese languages. Not all classes were unsuccessful, but it helped to pass the time. I helped him with the training group of like-minded people, calling itself "the University for political prisoners." In addition, Oleg tried to learn programming (what to do, without a computer, it is extremely difficult), he taught the people by correspondence and received a second degree.

"In the summer of 2015 I entered the second degree. High school - a terrible linden, Moscow office, which has a contract with the FPS, so they own almost exclusive to higher education for prisoners. In fact, the guys take you to loot and instead give a diploma. Perhaps I could pass the state exams to 15 minutes after it has signed an agreement with them. I have since had a good legal basis thanks to the first higher education at the Finance Academy. But it lasted two years.

Of course, I first chose the specialization of criminal, but then I realized that all criminal law - the three code and nothing else, so rather quickly moved on to civil law. All the training - it's just a series of tests that the University constantly forgot to send, so I had to send them my lawyer, Cyril.

Studies gave me the opportunity to have an unlimited number of books, and most importantly - an e-book.

First I sent the book out of the Institute, but it was terrible to read on it was absolutely impossible. And then I asked to buy me a normal e-book to all the same Kirill wrote on it all the necessary books, drove to the Institute, and from there it would have forwarded the cops.

Kindle comes to me, and I find that it does have wi-fi. Bro all wanted to buy a model with built-in Simcoe, and then I would have been at a constant amazonovskom Internet, but confused.

As a result, the Internet I still appeared, but rather limited. Ask thieves share a signal I could not - they would have handed me the cops, because the administration was a clear indication: there should be nothing in my cell. Had secretly negotiate with reliable dude, so he gave me the internet in a fixed time. "

How to fry a shish kebab? Use the towels!

Ingenuity and resourcefulness of prisoners is amazing. For example, in prison tattoo can be sharpened on tile sewing needle, instead of taking ink from the burnt soot disposable razor, stirred with soap foam. But is it possible to cook in prison barbecue? Yes, and exactly how to do this is described below.

"Perhaps the highlight of my month BUR [Barack strict regime - approx. ed.] was the production of kebabs. How to heat or roast meat in the house? Suppose you went to peredachke lamb. It is sure to be boiled, and even if it is fried, then for a long time. In general, it is not barbecue. What to do?

First you need to prepare the dishes. You take any bowl. In the fire to smoke it, so you need to cover it with toothpaste, so you can easily wash. But why would you keep the bowl in his hands - it must be inserted into the gap that formed when tacked to the wall bunks.

Now fuel. Takes the usual waffle towel (only him in prison in any case can not be called "waffle" - only "in the box" as well as "wafer" should be called "cookies in the box"). Cut the towel into strips and add them folds as to obtain a tube with a flow of oxygen. It turns out towels perfectly lit, with no additional impregnation, and, unlike paper, does not smoke and does not stink.

I lay next to him any container with water. Takes a towel, like a torch - and ignited. It is in fact rolled into a tube, rod there is a good and well-lit. You just need to occasionally reset the burnt part of the towels in the water. From this the fingers are all yellow. "

One small hand towel is enough to fry a huge bowl of meat. It turns out a real barbecue, the smell - is stunning. Similarly, it is possible, for example, boil a cup with chifir.

How not to work in the prison? Do not take the rag!

The prison has its own alternative hierarchy: with its help the thieves resisted the status quo established by the administration. In the interest of the administration to make sure that the maximum number of newcomers were unable to join the ranks of criminals.

Ways to break the human lot, but most of them associated with a reduction in the authority - by an act of discrimination through. Under the threat of beatings of prisoners can make a brush to clean the toilet bowl, a crow, and perform other actions, after which will be quite straightforward relationship thieves to them. The most common tool in this case - a rag.

"Rag - a kind of filter. area managed by formally (administration) and informal (thieves).

Rag - it's like red and blue pills that Morpheus offered Neo. He took a rag - refused the claims on informal leadership. Do not take the rag - showed that denying Cop law.

This, of course, have to be checked, so take the cleaning tools urge, subjected to torture and beatings. But there is an important point: taking the cloth, you do not become a "red" or "offended". You quietly live "guy", but can not be thieves. If you took a rag, then it makes no sense, for example, to refuse to work. "

How to turn the camera into an art studio? Paint!

In captivity Oleg learned paint - actually, sketches from different places of detention, which he changed in three and a half years, and illustrated book. However, the prison has an impact on such seemingly innocuous practice.

Drawing - the best way to kill time. It turned out that could draw any man with a bunch of time and pencils. And then, and then it was out of stock.

"All colors other than shades of black, blue, and violet, were officially banned. So at first I drew only a simple pencil. Then it was discovered that long ago there was a revolution in the world of fine art, and there are all sorts of innovations and contrivances such as graphite watercolor, water-soluble carbon and others.

Lena from FBK opened my new universe, passing (of course, it is a cunning way) white gel pen and colored charcoal coated with a black coating. At some point, stupid bloody Act abolished the prohibition in the color spectrum, and then I turned around: move forward and tweaks in the color world of the artists much more.

Due to the drawing I've killed lots and lots of time, and besides, my light hut looked like a free artist studio that many hated cops and delighted me.

Periodically, I drew on the walls - but it was sad. Basically, because the next morning paints the figures. But since I could do locally redecorating the walls. "

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These and other useful tips about how to spice up your life in detention - in a book by Oleg Navalny «3½. With the prisoner's respect and fraternal warmth. "

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