Norwegian prison

**Germanicus** · 06-14-2010, 09:16 PM

The hard but fair way to deal with criminals who do not behave in prison, the perfect solution?...

Waterhuis in the Amsterdam Rasphuis. Criminals that were condemned to hard labor had to saw wood in this prison in the 17th century. If they were recalcitrant they were placed in a cellar that quickly filled with water after a sluice was opened. However, they were handed a pump that enabled them to keep from drowning, provided they pumped energetically and continuously. Interestingly, this method of punishment was considered quite humane at the time. The Rasphuis prison was a popular tourist attraction for Englishmen doing the Grand Tour. The description of the dungeon therefore comes mainly to us from travelogues.

**The Lawspeaker** · 06-14-2010, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by Germanicus

The hard but fair way to deal with criminals who do not behave in prison, the perfect solution?...

Waterhuis in the Amsterdam Rasphuis. Criminals that were condemned to hard labor had to saw wood in this prison in the 17th century. If they were recalcitrant they were placed in a cellar that quickly filled with water after a sluice was opened. However, they were handed a pump that enabled them to keep from drowning, provided they pumped energetically and continuously. Interestingly, this method of punishment was considered quite humane at the time. The Rasphuis prison was a popular tourist attraction for Englishmen doing the Grand Tour. The description of the dungeon therefore comes mainly to us from travelogues.

Ah those were the days.

up Time to bring those good days back. And the worst of the worst we can give a nice holiday in the jungles of Suriname: building a railroad van Nowhereville to Somewhereremoteville with their bare, bloody hands and a bunch of malaria-infected mosquitoes to keep them company.

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