The Worst Prisons Around the World

[@jelmervanlenteren773]

It's so calming just to see how 'civilized' us humans have always been and probably will forever keep on being

[@MeMe-jq3ky]

What in tarnation is civilized?!

[@Mercurychyld1]

Right?!

[@littlewillowlinda]

They're being sarcastic

[@TheSnisel]

@@littlewillowlindayou think somebody using the word Tarnation is being serious?

[@Yologolow]

Love this channel and love history

[@drainmonkeys385]

Being locked into a tiny box where you can’t move and hard to breath is the worst mental torture ever. The claustrophobia is frightening

[@sanderson9338]

Only because thats the limit of terror your personal mind allows there are and have been worse

[@LangLeey187]

I don't subscribe to this channel. But it keeps appearing, and I keep clicking on it. Ending in this damn rabbit hole every time 😂 never been this early tho.

[@deborahworth5291]

I know I finally just subscribed.

[@HAL9000s3]

Wow! This channel is terrific! Production value, narration and art all top-shelf. Cheers!

[@randomunicorn1578]

I clicked on this video and wondered why you haven't been uploading. Discovered UA-cam had deleted my subscription. 🤬I have always enjoyed your videos. I may be able to see them now!

[@leighnisbett9691]

The Barathron sounds like the dungeon called the oubilette ,basically a bottle shaped cell that has a hole /hatch in the basement floor for access and if the prisoner wasn't important they were left to starve to death .

[@giselematthews7949]

Ya, those are REALLY frightening.

[@hicknopunk]

Any space where you cannot sit, stand or lay down is literally I think the worst punishment I can think of without directly harming the person.

[@Crystal-ec5jg]

I've heard David Bowie owned a few😉

[@LlibertarianGalt]

@@hicknopunk regularly used by the Cheka in rooms pained white with extremely bright lights. People were left there for days, sometimes weeks to force confessions.

[@carltonkeenan187]

Could of watched that for hours... Very insightful, wonderful production & very calming... Great work👏🏽👊🏽✌🏽

[@LlibertarianGalt]

The rack doesn't dislocate joints, it snaps the bones above the joint as ligaments are stronger..

[@skunkrasputin9045]

Interesting video and narration, great visuals and animation. You earned a sub.

[@willuwrite]

Camp Douglas in Chicago had a 10% death rate of Confederate soldiers during one cold winter. 25% death rate in Elmira Prison in New York state which very nearly equaled Andersonville. The Union decided to treat Confederate prisoners as poorly as the Confederates were treating Union soldiers. However, the Union had ample supplies while the confederate did not. Nutty History biased much? Why did you not mention these facts? (Found in Wikipedia).

[@CharleyHorse33]

In Canada, the Provinces run jails and the Federal government run prisons. If your sentence is less than 2 years you go to jail, where like the US, people awaiting trial are also held; 2 years or more is prison. So a fairly common sentence for non-violent crimes is "2 years less a day".

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

As a proud Yorkshireman, the added 'r' in your pronunciation of Pontefract causes me to twitch!

[@susiejones3634]

Came here to say this too! He said Pon-tree-fact more than once. My eye is twitching 🙃

[@teethgrinder83]

As someone who's right shoulder regularly dislocates because of bad seizures I can't imagine how the Rack much have felt-ive broken quite a few bones (collar bone, left arm in 2 places, and left leg in 3 which needed a metal rod screwed in and will always be there plus I smashed both heels at the same time-i jumped over a walk that was too high trying to get the last bus home lol) out of all those things my dislocating shoulder is probably the worst. The broken leg was obviously horrible but the fact that the muscle and tendons keep trying to pull the dislocated shoulder back into place but can't mean there's constant pain until it's back in place. And these people would have had NO pain relief or medical help-truly awful 😔

[@deborahworth5291]

I also believe shoulder pain is the worse. I fell off one step broke both ankles. Later I slipped in the shower broke my shoulder. Thank goodness the bones went back in place. I did not want surgery or screws put in. Seizures have a way of causing a lot of problems. Stay Healthy be safe. Blessings Happy Easter

[@teethgrinder83]

@@deborahworth5291 yeah it's horrible-im so glad your shoulder bones went back in place 👍 I've had 2 surgeries on it, first one was to tighten the tendons in the hope that would stop my shoulder slipping out of place but I had a particularly big seizure later and so had to just get metal and screws put in (so I have them in my shoulder and my leg now lol) but again it still dislocates, just not as bad-often if I wait a few VERY painful hours it finds its way and slips back in. I've recently started up physio again to build up my muscle mass in that shoulder since there's a big difference between the left and right due to me not using it enough so I hope that will help.
Thank you for the kind words! You stay healthy too and take care! ❤️ From 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!

[@LlibertarianGalt]

I've seen some people test the rack and it concluded the bone was likely to break due to the strength of the tendons and not dislocate at the joint like previously thought.

[@teethgrinder83]

@@LlibertarianGalt oh really? That's interesting. Still damn sore mind you 😂 but I'd have thought someone experienced with it would have it set up in such a way ,(slight angle adjustment, how quickly/slowly you turn the crank etc..) so as to make it more likely to dislocate? I mean the people who did this had to do it properly (for want of a better word) so they would have knowledge of anatomy to a degree. Then again on the other hand I guess it wouldn't have mattered either whether it broke or dislocated, the chances are if it got as far as that the person giving the torture would have moved onto something else by then, also as far as I've read and watched they would give frequent breaks so to give the accused time to think on their situation (depending on where this was done, what it was for and other factors obviously-if it was for purely torture it wouldn't matter at all but if someone is being instructed to do it to extract a confession they we're very careful in how it was done because they often truly believed that torture in certain degrees would either result in a "real" or "false" confession and honestly if it goes to the point of breaking shoulder bones or dislocation like I said it would have probably gone past the point of confession and more torture for the sake of it or possibly to reveal information on others like locations and names

[@LlibertarianGalt]

@@teethgrinder83 The issue is it pulls directly up and down at the same time, so your legs are angled the same as your arms and it just pulls. This puts all tension on the ligaments, which have a lot of strength and hold the ball on the end of your bones. The weakest point is directly above those balls so the first place to go would be the bone!
Yes, torture was judicially seen as sound in certain degrees some places but the hang man was never held to a standard of scrutiny. Any admission recieved under duress was usually admissable, especially if you weren't someone of note before being accused. Lots of different, smaller methods were used for confession extraction and judicially prescribed atonement. Thumb screws, tongue presses, breaking fingers, signs and all sorts were used. Things like the rack would be mostly saved for someone deemed already guilty before torture.

[@truecrimme]

Great video, well done 👏🏽

[@jdoerr779]

There wasn’t enough time to have watched the video by the time you had commented. I hate how fake the internet has become.

[@latoybell]

Very interesting love learn about Roman prison very interesting 🤔🤔😲🤔 and sad 😢 but amazing Roman prison storytelling love your Roman prison storytelling keep up the good 👍😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@deborahworth5291]

@@jdoerr779 pause it at add. Comment start it at add. It works. Blessings

[@Ms.HarmonyJ]

I'm new to your channel I fell in love with your videos please keep up the great work

[@booly5]

what a great video thanks for posting

[@crossbronxcollectibles9127]

Awesome video. Keep it up !

[@henryshockem9242]

What about The Black Hole of Calcutta? Heard that was a pretty fun joint, also Devils Island in French Guyana. Another winner in the "who can abuse prisoners the most" contest.

[@jordins1909]

My first time actually seeing the voice behind Nutty History, can’t lie not the face I was expecting. Still one of my favourite channels though.

[@ccinSFfruitloop]

Same 😂
But at the same time, it makes sense haha

[@tamatihoetawa2333]

You need to add the Black Pit, Tehran to this list.

[@deborahworth5291]

I just found your site. Now I am going back to your being video. Really scary interesting information. Blessings

[@slappybagOG]

Perhaps the best video on this channel yet!

[@sylviabairey3263]

I love your voice!! And you have a Witty sense of humor 😂🥰

[@agedefyingfitness]

Love this guy's voice! Great video and a great channel.

[@lynnleigha580]

That whole castle looks shocked and scared 😂😂 all I see is faces 8:14

[@troypowers8880]

I love the way this guy does videos 💯👍🏿👍🏿

[@bigjay875]

I never understood why people would surrender if they were coming for me and i knew the way I'd be whacked id fight and take as many with as possible

[@zi-extremist]

We need to bring some of these prisons back.

[@marystone860]

Oh boy! Glad I clicked on this one! When it got to Andersonville, I was like: The guy who ran the place, General Robert Anderson, is my 3 or 4 Great Uncle! Also, I'm releated to someone who built the Hinderburg! And, another of my relatives, ran a German Sub in WW2! So, yup, my family tree is interesting!

[@Hairy.Whodini]

0:16 "windy"🌬 path?

[@paulroberts826]

These vids are hilarious. History with humor 😂

[@spike-4219]

So that's where The Green Mile got the idea from, it's Peter. Everything is always about Peter, or getting rid of Peter. You can't have both.

[@sirgamer3795]

As soon as I heard "drawn and quartered" I thought "FREEEEEDOOOOOOM"

[@ronaldsummons6100]

love your style of lecturing.

[@mikorisheridan6769]

Tbh watching this to feel better about my life so far that's where it's at ☠️

[@sanderson9338]

Each day is another new start each challenge is just another road to cross. Keep your chin up and survive thats the goal of living.

[@thesaints-7-andrew.]

Watching from Greece.hi everybody.
Interesting video.

[@Mattyice00]

How doesn’t this Chanel have a million plus subscribers

[@JDisCRAZYx]

Should bring some of these back . See how clever all these little wannabe gangsters are then . 🤣

[@silverstreetmoto1458]

Ooh yes,💯%

[@KohltenMardis]

We built different today the homies work out every day all day theyd break that shi open like a cardboard box😂

[@KohltenMardis]

Might do sum to all the wannabes but soon as you let a real g out one them places bet they killin every gaurd in sight😂

[@MrPacosTacoz]

Says the woman who also probably sends "thoughts and prayers"

[@XamericanpatriotX]

@@KohltenMardisis this English or some getto trash way of talking

[@hicknopunk]

WTF. Jail is where you are held if the sentence is less than a year or 2, holding is for people waiting to see a judge the first time, prison is where you go for 1+ year sentences, the less violent your offense, the more likely you are to get jail.

[@hicknopunk]

@K.M.V S It probably differes a little state to state. I'm a libertarian who has been jailed a few times for refusing to pay unfair taxes. They want you to pay those and unfair fines. I tell the judge every time, just send me to jail. I want to go to jail. I refuse any supervision. You then get AC, TV, passable food, a bed, hot water, etc. It is only punishment if they put you in with a meth user. Because I have no violent or concerning charges, I usually get shacked up with an elderly person, you get more perks, can afford commissary. Oh no neutraloaf either. I don't have AC, cable TV, etc...I don't even have library access on the outside 😅 Oh and I am somehow "trusted" and only have to walk through metal detectors, no searching. I guess part of it depends on how good your life is on the outside and the jail you are in.

[@demondwilson4414]

There is a notorious outdoor French prison that was not mentioned.

[@MarkRigler]

Sound a bit crap in places

[@silverstreetmoto1458]

'Kin hell man 😂 just spat me drink on my phone 🤣🤣

[@catherinespencer-mills1928]

Reminded of the Japanese invasion of Burma. Most of the troops - as I remember - were Australian. I don't remember which book I read on the subject.

[@Yvonne-le6ju]

Yes
Try Bryce Courtney's books

[@marymorland7722]

Cruel and unusual punishment still exists today.

[@ripmeawelfarecheckandcallm1505]

Its probably worse today. We're smarter now and have technology to hurt people

[@Lethal757]

Can you do a video on Cassius Clay? Favorite US politician told by favorite channel. That would be epic.

[@riceburner26]

I’m kinda confused. The section about the Palace of the Inquisition, the narrator says it was in Cartagena Colombia but the yellow text at the top says it was on the corner of republica de Brasil and republica de Venezuela in Mexico City , Mexico . Other than that cool video

[@sarahh1053]

One of the worst prisons: DEVIL'S ISLAND

[@Itried20takennames]

I don’t see why the Tower of London being one of the longest used prisons is ignoble….every country has prisons, but the UK is just a particularly stable country and the Tower was built to last, so no big surprise it was used a while. Plus, I think it was only intermittently and rarely used at the end of its use, with the last prisoner being a German spy caught in London (I think).

[@NotSoSerious69420]

Just a interesting tidbit. No need to read so deeply into it.

[@lunarae2860]

Catherine was supposedly pregnant when she was crushed by her chair. 😢

[@joshuamahase]

😱 omg that's heartbreaking!!

[@ivoc3993]

Definitely expected to see the Tarrafal - Cape Verde here

[@2113pinch]

This sounds brutal and archaic but after the recent crime wave this idea sounds needed once again.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

What recent crime wave? Crimes is declining.

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

One of my most irrational fears, and why I guess always working helps with, is being accused of murder. Then insult to injury you don't get any compensation after doing up to 10 even 20+yrs in some cases, only to be released with nothing more than a :"Yea..our bad. Sorry bout that. Take care and good luck!👋"

[@byronwoodleymaund1439]

If things were tougher inside, people might think twice about doing bad things

[@eileen33333]

that does nothing to solve systematic issues within our culture that cause people to commit crimes in the first place

[@sunshinehoward9649]

@@eileen33333 like what systematic issues cause people to commit crimes? if you say homeless, well you would be wrong. many homeless are not criminals many many of them are honest and do not steal, yet you have who stealing? honestly asking so i know your viewpoint with these issues. thank you. i personally think, having moral issues is why people commit crimes. plus it becomes some kind of game to see what they can get away with, and often enough many do.

[@fumarate1]

Isn't planet earth just an awsome place to be.

[@sanderson9338]

It sure is if you stop to look around in nature every now and again just look up at the sky at night its amazing. Its only media that brings the negatives in to life. Life could always be worse, seek the positives.

[@janknowles4044]

Thought you might have mentioned Devils island x

[@squizzyicetea]

Too harsh doesnt work. And letting criminals run wild, like in California, clearly doesnt work either.

[@hippiechick2112]

Henry VIII was not a Protestant.

[@truthaddictiontv2488]

ADX-Florence, Black Dolphin, Fire Island, Madagascar Jail/Prison

[@jilliangrieder2049]

Walnut street jail the same as Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia?

[@ExodusAttacKGR]

11:27 interesting enuf the greek locals call it White Tower instead and its a symbol of the city for greeks

[@ArsenicPuppet]

so they consider eastern state penitentiary to be the worlds first "true" penitentiary but walnut street penitentiary house developed and used the same system eastern state did. can anyone tell me why eastern state got the title of "first" and not walnut street?

[@user-nz1yl5vi6y]

Nice video but wouldnt it make sense to include some of the german POW camps from ww2? they seem like they were pretty bad places to get locked up.

[@robertstallard7836]

They weren't exactly fun but that wasn't deliberate policy on the part of the Germans. They themselves faced pretty severe shortages. Red Cross parcels went a long way to alleviate the problem.

[@trblmkr5139]

there were too many times the pictures didn't match the narration. gotta work on that it breaks the immersion.

[@jonmallet314]

Is the narrator of this video, on the radio in the videos. I think 95.5 FM in st Louis

[@reinerspecht8782]

Goes to show you, crime has never been stopped no matter how cruel the punishment. Nobody ever commits a crime thinking theyre going to get caught so the punishment doesn't figure in.

[@sunshinehoward9649]

interesting conclusion, it is a possibility.

[@ousfraton435]

asking to be crucified upside down is mad smart, you’d die from the blood pressure before starvation etc, much better way to die probs

[@02sandies]

I bet some of these torture things would mKe great traps for Jigsaw lmao

[@cameronsweirdnaturechannel]

some of the traps were inspired by the Spanish inquisition

[@bystanderbutch3509]

Here in America, misdemeanor offenders stay in jail. Prison is for felons, awaiting trial in jail.

[@itarry4]

So the Japanese prison was basically just the Bangkok Hilton 150 years earlier or so....

[@jbstepchild]

Buddy I was in an Ontario jail in the early 2000s an solitary confinement was a great time 3 mos no shower 2 meals an AC on the coldest with nothing but boxers no out time no sunlight no nothing 3 months never do that again

[@Saudyization]

Insane 😮

[@Druguaer12345]

Where is the dangerous prisons in the world?

[@SamerASSIL]

Add today syrian prisons to the list

[@billyshane3804]

Prison has always been known as a place where the practices of the men of Sodom are common and used for dominance and discipline.

[@SwiggySwooo]

Human rights are good and all but man were they creative back in the day. You don't find that kinda passion anymore

[@almadeckard8360]

Yuma!

[@khall7576]

Did I miss the big face reveal?

[@dwarfbunni]

soundMIXING!!

[@MopOperator]

Haunted Frat Castle

[@tphvictims5101]

TRENTON PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL 1848

[@OldMeanGeezer]

Please tell me where in the Bible that Peter's Roman imprisonment is spoken of. I have read the Bible and I do not believe it is discussed in the New Testament. What I have read of it is what other might have thought happened in books like Foxes book of Martyrs.

[@gebronthomasson6960]

Wasn’t “his hero” but his Messiah/Savior

[@pablosanchez8743]

Hero? your savior buddy! Jesus Christ!

[@bcrnl9603]

His “hero”? I think you mean God made flesh and who willingly laid down his life so that people may have everlasting life. “Hero” is a bit of an understatement.

[@itsv1380]

Made up stuff

[@SkankHunt3000]

It’s a myth

[@Hotboi1]

God isn’t real

[@melissamorton1282]

Please respect others beliefs and faiths, not everyone believes in your, "God"

[@taianifong2203]

Look at the horror religion has caused through history and still today. I think if that is what god is it should be left in the past as well.

[@SamWayne85]

There is no evidence that St Peter was ever in Rome. This is a position held by the Roman Catholic Institution to prove that Peter was the first pope and Matthew 16 was in reference to him being the rock that Christ would build his church on. The name "Cephas" mean small stone and our Lord was making a contrast with that name to the Rock that Christ is referred to all throughout scripture being the true Rock which is Jesus Christ, not Peter. cf 1 Corinthians 10:4

[@Beer4Breakfast]

Disrespectful writing.

[@sunshinehoward9649]

First time ever i have heard Jesus referred to as hero. He is our savior. Because of Jesus we are saved. I mean maybe Jesus is a hero. The biggest and bestest and GREATEST HERO OF ALL TIME. so sad so many don't want to get to know Him. He was not violent. He loved. He taught. I don't understand how so many just thumb their noses up at Him without knowing who He was.

[@sue9378]

I am not a religious person yet I find that referring to Jesus Christ as a "hero" is needlessly disrespectful.

[@SkankHunt3000]

Miracles are a myth

[@Kanggaxx]

What's with the stupid paper sounds?

[@outlawandoutdoorstv9901]

Jesus wasn't Peters hero he was his God .

[@SkankHunt3000]

Gods aren’t real

[@squizzyicetea]

Growing up, Disney led me to believe that princess and queens were beautiful. Well! Seems like marriage for power, over looks and love, doesn't pay off in EVERY department 😵‍💫

[@RobertSnyder-kb2yh]

I'd

[@CrapKerouac]

Edo is pronounced, ed-oh. You're welcome.

[@douglasthedrakeDSD]

great voice. don't need your face.

[@BLUEZz73]

Comment👍

[@terryl7874]

Peter was not crucified upside down because of his hero Jesus Christ was his Savior.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

Well, that didn’t save him ........

[@Druguaer12345]

Jesus isn't real you know that eh???

[@jajasuokhrie5222]

Like you know anything

[@Ann-ub4mf]

😬🥴🤯😳🥺

[@BrentPoynter]

Humanity is disgusting.
Jesus is the answer.
Happy Good Friday.

[@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488]

Because i am human, nothing human is foriegn to me.

[@EmilyJelassi]

We need something happier for the next video

[@evilscorpio1981]

No we don't

[@HappyBear376]

"BCE"? How can you claim to be a historian, it is BC to AD!!