Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The underground art of prison tattoos has gone mainstream at Delaware’s largest lockup. In recent weeks, men imprisoned at James T ...

Daniel Gonzales pressed a tattoo needle into Israel Ray Gaitan’s bare back, where a Mayan calendar spanned Gaitan’s shoulder blades. Gonzales had already logged 30 hours tattooing the elaborate design ...

A new program in Missouri allows people serving time in prison to earn a tattoo license while also reducing the risk of infections and illness from contraband tattoos.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Larry Normile, Owner Artistic Additions Tattoo studio and prison tattoo instructor shares his hopes for the newly implemented ...

Missouri was the first state to create a prison-based tattoo apprenticeship program in the U.S. Inmates apply and complete a 45-minute drawing test to participate in one of two programs in Missouri ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections is launching a tattoo parlor in a prison to reduce the spread of bloodborne diseases and set prisoners up for success when they get out. It’s one of very few ...

“I was always drawing all the time, but I didn’t have any direction, really, to go with it,” recalls Piper, a local tattoo artist and author. “I got enrolled into the Colorado Institute of Art at one ...