article_snippet: And The guards allegedly subjected the prisoners to inhumane torture methods like the 'mad chair', where The guards would cut off prisoners' circulation - necessitating amputations .
article_snippet: the troubled souls of inmates were severely mistreated by the prison guards who found a number of sick ways to punish those who misbehaved.
article_snippet: According to NPR, those who misbehaved would use a torture method called the 'water bath' where those who misbehaved would dunk each prisoner in water then hang those who misbehaved to dry in the cold outside until ice formed on the skin.
article_snippet: those who misbehaved would also tie inmates so tightly in a device called 'the mad chair' that it would cut off circulation and necessitate amputations.
article_snippet: And the worst offenders would be put in 'the hole', a pitch-black underground cell where those who misbehaved had no light, no human contact and little air.
article_snippet: Torture: One of the punishments the guards used was called the 'water bath' where the guards used would dunk inmates in water then hang inmates in the cold outside until ice formed on inmates skin .
article_snippet: And the worst offenders would be put in 'the hole', a pitch-black underground cell where they had no light, no human contact and little air .
article_snippet: Cruel therapy: People who ran the prison believed that the criminals - living in total silence and left alone with  the ugliness of People who ran the prison crimes - would repent .