Episode 448: Alcatraz Part I - Bird Is the Word
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Prisoner Docs - Electric Spawning Machines
Prisoners were spanked with knotted boards, fitted with 12 pound balls and chains. Guards carried either police belly clubs or short buckshot filled leather sacks. If an inmate had a toothache, the tooth was pulled using forceps made in the prison blacksmith shop. Inmates would perform medical procedures on each other if anyone got hurt during these punishments.
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