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The Brutality Of 19th-Century Prisons

No matter how hardline you are on law and order, we can all agree that prisons should not be literal hellholes. But in the 19th century, that's what many of them were. From solitary confinement to starvation and rampant disease, prison in the 1800s was often not survivable.
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The Separate System | 0:00
The Congregate System | 1:31
The infamous Virginia State Penitentiary | 2:47
Sing Sing | 3:47
Elmira Prison Camp | 5:06
Chain gangs | 6:15
Convict leasing | 7:24
Food and malnutrition | 8:56
Disease | 10:06
Devil's Island | 11:15
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