The only escape artist to actually be placed in a maximum-security Posey straitjacket the proper way, i.e. arms interlinked with sleeve belts underneath both arms before going through side straps as opposed to the outside of arm, which gives slack and more mobility for escaping like many escape artist do use and Guinness Book of Records fail to realize and neither of the hands are protruding from the armpit area where this would also give slack and furthermore, the arms or sleeves of the straitjacket in the armpit areas are not enlarged for the elbow to slide through where many of the escape artist also use this method to this day. Gaffed jackets either of this design or they have a release inside the sleeves of the jacket to enable the strap of the sleeve to extend further out to gain another option to escape, which most escape artist use that claim to be escapologist and they are not.I further enhanced this Posey straitjacket with an additional buckle in the upper back/neck region for a greater challenge as-well-as adding four additional buckles that attach to the canvas trousers to make it one piece with the straitjacket. This further reduces the ability to lift the jacket over ones head.







The Posey Transport jacket used primarily for reducing any possibility of pulling or stretching your arms outwardly, therefore disabling or having the ability to move in a way to reach any buckles in the back area of the straitjacket. You will see escape artists all over the world useing the method of gaining slack to get to the buckles in the back of the body by stretching the arms as wide as possible and maneuvering the belts around the body. With the transport jacket, this eliminates this effect.
The blanket wrapped used is primarily for keeping the body heat inside, which in itself is a challenge under extreme conditions and the chain used is to further enhance any movement within and also have the chain padlocked to the neck of the head harness. Again, making this one piece of aparatus and furthering the challenge of having to escape. All the padlocks used (9) are duct taped so that they cannot in any way be unopened. Furthermore, they are also sealed with a signature at the breakage of the tape.


Above, during "Houdenny's Insane Entrapment Escape" were the goathead thorns that cover the desert hitchhiked against Houdenny's body, which was completely unexpected and gave Houdenny more than what he bargained for.
However, Houdenny managed to still free himself useing a privilaged source; his mind, body and what he learned in the Marine Corps like: survival--evasion--resistance--escape (S.E.R.E.), which the Navy Seals go through in training and his experience as an escape artist.




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