Prison Tattoos and Their Secret Meanings

#3 Teardrop

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Almost everyone knows about the teardrop tattoo, but depending on what area you are it could mean something different. It could mean a person feeling grief at the loss of a loved one. It could mean a person is serving a very long sentence, or that the bearer has committed a murder. This style has be popularized by rappers and many people have emulated them to seem “hard.” But if you ever go to prison with a fake teardrop tattoo, you will make a lot of people angry at you really fast, like this guy here.