PRISON GRAFFITI
ON
SAN LUCAS ISLAND
G'day folks,
Welcome to another infamous prison, but this disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.
For 120 years, San Lucas Island Prison was home to the most vicious
criminals in Costa Rica. Since it was shut down in 1991 the former
prison has only housed the remnants of inmate graffiti scrawled across
cell walls and even sketched in human blood.
Given that all the artists on the island were prisoners and were provided no proper artistic tools, anything they could find that would leave a mark was used to tag the walls of the prison. Words and pictures expressed their anger and depression, along with their horniness and faith in something outside of the tropical prison.
Although the vast majority of drawings in San Lucas Prison depict
naked women, these explicit portraits often share wall space with haloed
depictions of Jesus and other symbols of religion.
Besides the content
of the pictures, most visitors are also fascinated by the “ink” used by
prisoners, and certain blood-splattered sketches always catch the eye of
unprepared tourists and hold the memories of the brutality carried out
inside the prison walls.
Given that all the artists on the island were prisoners and were provided no proper artistic tools, anything they could find that would leave a mark was used to tag the walls of the prison. Words and pictures expressed their anger and depression, along with their horniness and faith in something outside of the tropical prison.
Clancy's comment: Mm ... Another gruesome hellhole.
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Interesting how they juxtaposed the naked women with religious imagery.
ReplyDeleteI guess they drew what seemed logical at the time, Viv.
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