Download or read book Prison Tattoos written by Douglas Kent Hall and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-03-15 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In prison, the tattoo stakes a claim to individuality. In "Prison Tattoos", Douglas Hall Kent uses his camera as a sociologist's tool, photographing inmates from America's prisons whose tattoos, professionally done and homemade, indelibly imprint on their bodies what these men desire in their souls: autonomy and identity. Includes 80 pages of photos and a page of temporary tattoos.