Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

Extensive private collection of authentic Medieval devices used for human torture and execution.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

Guests become prisoners on a visit to Latvian prison.

Austria's 5-star prison.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

This iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defense.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

Shocking dioramas of human torture, meant to promote human rights awareness.

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.