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As I peer into the cardboard box NIST researcher Amanda Forster holds out for me, I can’t help thinking that this mild-mannered materials scientist has an impressive collection of shivs.
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Forster’s collection of handmade prison weapons include a ballpoint pen with a razor embedded in the shaft and a toothbrush—originally designed to be gentle on your gums—that’s been reengineered to easily puncture flesh. They are vivid evidence of a scary fact of prison life: Anything can be turned into a weapon.
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