Dark
The dark cell is a form of detention in which the prisoner is no sun or other light sees. Most of the time he is locked in a completely darkened cell. It replaced the camera silens as an instrument of torture in the Middle Ages , when a lack of exercise often forced madness.
History of the dark
This form of detention was already known in the early modern times , when opponents of the government or the libel of majesty were locked in dark detention in order to induce them to confess . But it was not until the 20th century that dark detention was used en masse, for example in the Soviet gulag or in the concentration camps of the Third Reich, as well as in US prisons, such as the notorious D-block of Alcatraz . In Austria , there was still “dark custody with water and bread” in the 1960s as a tightening of detention (e.g. on the anniversary of the crime ).
Dark as torture
Darkness is used in many dictatorships and military regimes as a method of torture that does not show any physical consequences (so-called white torture ).
Darkness was also used as a means of introspection or brainwashing .
Consequences of the dark detention
The real agony is the constant darkness . If this lasts for a long time, the optic nerves degenerate and psychological damage occurs, such as depression , hallucinations , disorientation , memory disorders , nervous breakdown , contact difficulties , confusion or psychoses . Long-term darkness can potentially lead to blindness .
See also
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Nicole Glocke, In the Fangs von StB, MfS and CIA: the life and suffering of Eugen Mühlfeit , Lukas Verlag 2009, p. 145
- ↑ In the dark. Retrieved December 14, 2019 .