Witchfinder
The most notorious prison From records available, the worst prison is known as " The Black Dolphin ," named after a fable of a doldphin that drowned people; not surpringly, this establishment is in Russia . The story reminds me of Matthew Hopkins, who was a witchfinder during the late 17th century, in England , He was known for having a knife with a retracting blade, so any lady he thought was a witch would not feel pain when she was prodded, The story was turned into a movie starring Vincent Price . They were then put on a ducking stool, which was a formality. If you got dunked and drowned, you were deemed innocent, if you survived you were classed as a witch and burned at the stake - a win-win for Hopkins as he got paid either way.