Prison art is art that is created by persons who are imprisoned.^[1]

Prison art is unique in several ways. Due to the low social status of prisoners, art made by prisoners has not historically been well-respected.^[2][3] The art, much like the prisoners themselves, is often subject to controls.^[4][5] Art made by prisoners is sometimes valued,^[6] or conversely sometimes sought to be actively destroyed.^[7] Prisoners often lack common art supplies, and have been known to fashion supplies from materials at hand such ascandy orinstant coffee.^[8]

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  Painting byBassel Khartabil June 17, 2015, Damascus Central Jail "An attempt to draw a stereotype. This is the stereotype I have in mind for the deformed souls, I have to deal with every day at jail. There are a lot of them."
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  Incarceration Nation, 2017, byDonald "C-Note" Hooker
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  Pencil drawing from a GermanPrisoner of war on a wall inCamp Beale,California.
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  Ferris Wheel, toothpick art made by aSan Quentin prison inmate,Musée Mécanique, San Francisco California
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  Paintings created by child prisoners on the wall of the prison building inAuschwitz II Birkenau. Image depicts a school.
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  A Pomeranian Prison Camp, 1941 Louis Mitelle. A view down a gangway in a hut in a POW camp. Dejected prisoners in military uniform sit on the bunks which are three levels high and laundry hangs from the beams above. On the floor a group of prisoners sit huddled together in a group.

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