Ingenuity Helps Prisoners Cope

Wired:Locked in a California prison, Angelo needs a cup of coffee. Bad. But electric heaters used to make instant joe are contraband in jail. So his cellmate combines the metal tabs from a notebook binder with a couple of melted toothbrushes and some rubber bands. Soon, Angelo is sipping Folgers. In the movies, "prisoners only create things to escape, get high or kill each other," Fischer notes. wow these are some cool inventions!