Viggen Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 A bit of what prisoners suffered in ancient times can be seen as of yesterday at the archaeological dig in the old city of Tiberias. Excavations of the basilica compound in the eastern part of the old city recently unearthed two small chambers believed to have served as holding cells for prisoners awaiting trial. If today's custody conditions at police stations elicit complaints from detainees and defense lawyers, well, prisoners didn't have it all that good 1,800 years ago either. full article at Haaretz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 No chance of compensation for having no TV set then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 I wonder if it was worse than the medieval dungeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 I don't know if it was worse than medieval dungeons, though it must have been pretty bad (resists urge to make rather sick prison comparison) All I know, is modern day prisoners don't have much right to complain...many of them have better lives awaiting execution than the law-abiding model citizens can afford....and the law abiding model citizens are paying for it...no wonder we have so many criminals BTW was anything found except for the rooms? Such as restraining devices, torture devices, or the like that would give some insight onto their use/conditions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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