United States of America - Crime & Punishment 1910 - THE STRAIGHT JACKET - A 1910 illustration showing a punishment still being used in American gaols at that time - The straight jacket was used for even minor breaches of regulations and sometimes led to long term mental and physical damage to the prisoner.

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