Aprison ring is a type of plastic jewelry fashioned by hand in prisons, by working scrap plastic material, commonly celluloid items such as a toothbrush or a pen.[1][2] Celluloid was historically a popular material since it could be heat bonded and glues were often less available.[3] A common feature of prison rings were small photos mounted on the bezel.[3]
The rings were produced as early as the 1920s. Rainey Bethea, the last person to be publicly executed in the United States, was caught after a 1936 rape and murder because he left a distinctive prison ring at the murder scene.[4][5]
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