Welcome back Charlie here can you imagine a  prison where the inmates aren't even allowed  

to dream what about a prison where everything is  painted pink in order to mess with the inmates  

minds and psychology these prisons really do exist  around the world some are so bad they're literally  

classified by the governments that run them  salt pit location kabul afghanistan operated by  

central intelligence agency of the united states  inmates some of the most scary people in the world  

including many terrorists and terror cell  leaders salt pit is a prison that officially  

does not exist the name salt pit is actually a  code name used by the cia the prison is what's  

known as a black site prison also known as a  dark prison inmates are taken here off the record  

and everything that goes on inside this prison  is classified but thanks to several leaks we do  

know what happens inside salt pit salt pit is said  to be worse than guantanamo bay inmates describe  

it as hell on earth it is one of the most strict  prisons in the world despite it being located in  

afghanistan it is a u.s run prison the usa is not  allowed to run prisons in other countries but the  

cia is so that's why it's overseen by the cia the  prison houses 119 detainees the prison is designed  

to be the worst place imaginable most days the  prison is dark at all times there are almost no  

windows and the windows that do exist are covered  up this keeps the inmates in total darkness and  

isolation 24 7. there's also no bathrooms inside  this prison instead inmates are only given a  

single bucket during the winter months the prison  gets freezing cold but there are no heaters inside  

the prison at all the prison is so bad inmates  aren't even allowed to sleep or dream inmates  

never know what time it is so they don't go into  rem sleep as often as normal they basically have  

no sleep schedule kind of like me but i'm not  being interrogated by the cia prisoners do have  

cells but there's also a central arena inmates  normally spend time here but sometimes the  

inmates are not given clothing prison guards  sometimes also spray cold water onto the inmates  

sometimes inmates are even chained in one position  standing up one detainee said that he had to do  

this for 17 days just imagine not being able to  sleep or even lay down for that long that's over  

half a month sometimes inmates are even deprived  of food it's kind of crazy that guantanamo bay  

gets so much press but despite being even worse  this prison is barely ever reported on in the news  

almost like they don't want you to know it even  exists the prison was opened in 2002 but its  

existence was only discovered in 2006. it's safe  to say many of the people in this prison have done  

very bad things but does that make it okay for  the usa to do these bad things to the inmates  

many would say that two wrongs don't make  a right but what do you think black dolphin  

one country that is known for its tough prisons is  russia but there's one prison that sends a chill  

down the spine of any russian criminal the prison  is named black dolphin it's named this because of  

the black dolphin statue outside inmates are  taken to this prison blindfolded the blindfold  

is not taken off until they're locked inside  their cells where most of them will remain for  

the rest of their lives the prison is located in  the oblast region of russia near its border with  

kazakhstan the prison is surrounded by nothing but  snow and forests this means if anyone did escape  

they would simply freeze out in the snow but since  the prison's creation in 1745 no one has escaped  

inmates are walked around the prison bent over  this means they can't map out the prison or plan  

any escapes they're also blindfolded whenever  they're transported between buildings the prison  

is incredibly strict and all of the inmates are  subjected to hard labor they have to work all day  

every day and don't even get any payment some  prisoners which are deemed too dangerous are  

kept inside their cells all day they may not be  allowed to go outside for even one hour per day  

and they're kept under 24 hour surveillance and  supervision no one is getting j.ed inside this  

jail now you may feel bad for the inmates as this  prison is so strict but the 700 people inside this  

prison are some of the worst people in russia  this includes people who have done terrible harm  

to others and in some cases even cannibals are  kept inside black dolphin the inmates are kept  

behind not one not two but three sets of bars rt  travelled to interview one of the prisoners inside  

black dolphin prison he said that in black dolphin  it's very hard to remain human you are treated as  

an animal and it's hard to stay human after all  even most animals in zoos are not kept behind  

three bars the prison is freezing cold in the  winter the guards have winter coats and hats  

but the inmates only have thin cotton clothing  there's also no heating system inside the prison  

pink prison when you think of prisons the last  thing you think of is the color pink the color  

pink is associated with girliness and friendliness  most prisons are made in a brutalist style and  

have very gray and depressing colors but what  if i told you there's a specific shade of pink  

made just for prisons it is known as baker  miller pink and many prisons in switzerland  

and other countries are painted in this color  the reason why is because baker miller pink is  

designed to calm you down the reason these prisms  are painted pink is to psychologically engineer  

the inmates the colour your room is has a big  impact on your brain so to avoid prison fights and  

conflict the walls are painted pink some say that  it's bad to psychologically alter people's minds  

but if it reduces violence in prison then maybe  it's a good thing many of the inmates are not  

happy with these colours they say they feel very  embarrassed and it feels like they're sleeping in  

a little girl's bedroom i must admit it does look  rather weird but if it actually does calm inmates  

down then maybe it's a good thing colony eight  colony eight is known as ukraine's worst prison  

it's located in jatomi northern ukraine the prison  is incredibly run down and scary it's also very  

overcrowded there are over 600 prisoners inside  but it was built for only 400. it was originally  

served as a soviet gulag but today it's a modern  prison housing some of the worst people in ukraine  

it's also known to be very chaotic and poorly  run when a prisoner arrives there is no  

paperwork fingerprinting or photo taken instead  they're simply strip searched and locked up  

surprisingly there are some areas of this prison  which are fairly low security there are big  

windows with no bars meaning you could easily  escape but no one even dares to try there are  

guard towers around the prison with armed guards  and all around the prison is just snow this means  

you would freeze before ever getting to safety  prisoners are not allowed visitors so you can't  

even plan an escape with someone on the outside in  its 110 year history no one has escaped colony 8.  

fuchu prison if you're a criminal in japan then  you'd better not get caught that's because there's  

a chance you'd be sent to fuchu prison inside  fuchu prison life is heavily restricted prisoners  

are subject to lots of strange psychological  tricks prisoners are not even allowed to speak  

even during visits with family prisoners are also  not allowed to look up they must always look down  

at the ground also there's 44 hours of compulsory  labor each week prisoners can't even sit how they  

like there is a chart inside their cells telling  them how to sit if any of these rules are broken  

then inmates go to solitary confinement they  have to kneel on the floor for 10 hours a day  

and sometimes for months at a time fuchu prison  has been operating for 90 years and during that  

time there's never been a single escape the tigers  cage i think by now we all know that china does  

not have a good track record when it comes to  prisons but kinsheng prison is known as the  

worst prison in china it's nicknamed the tigers  cage it's about a one hour drive from beijing and  

it's described as a prison for the fallen elite  this basically means any corrupt politicians or  

any politicians who pose a threat to president xi  the prison is incredibly tough and hard to escape  

although these cells are not bad it is very strict  many of the prisoners are sent there for life and  

i don't mean 25 years like in the u.s i mean they  will be there until the day they die there has  

never been a single escape from this prison some  even say tigers roam the grounds of this prison  

to keep anyone from escaping but it's not known  if this is true or merely a scare tactic to keep  

inmates inside if it is merely a scare tactic  then it seems to be working but now it's time  

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