In modern societies we perceive prisons and jails as places where well deserving citizens endlessly ponder the wrongs they’ve enacted. But, as we all readily admit, history tells us a far different story about prisons. In this lecture, the presenter will discuss the effects of imprisonment in the technological age. Technology can be used to pin down the weak and ensnare alternative voices. Electrically controlled gates, video cameras, biometrics, and other technologies can enforce confinement to a seemingly rigid pace. But, what if technology can be used to flip the scales in the favor of the condemned? We intend to discuss technologies to help inmates communicate with the outside, empowering voices from within the World’s darkest dictatorships. High speed light communication, clever phone tricks, and even astonishing every day objects can be subverted for use in confinement scenarios. The take away from this talk? No matter how you feel pinned down in life, there is always a weakness waiting to be exploited for the benefit of your voice. Let freedom ring!