The Insane Real Life 19th Century Rotating Squirrel Cage Human Prison Design

[@TodayIFoundOut]

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[@J.MacInnes]

never fails to amaze me just how creative and dedicated we humans are to designing and constructing ever weirder ways to punish each other.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

And in a way that long term just makes the outcomes worse for everyone! Including the people doing the punishing! 🙃 -Daven

[@Travenspear8]

And also dumb. I’m just a layman but it seems stupid to me not to have overlapping guards or at least a handoff.

[@VeneraBerens-n7d]

EXACTLY YET WE FAIL BRILLIANTLY WHEN IT COMES TO INSTILLING PEACE WE CONSISTENTLY HAVE NOTHING IN THAT DEPARTMENT STAY SAFE AND BLESSED AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING NOT YELLING ALMOST COMPLETELY BLIND CAPS HELP

[@stancil83]

@@VeneraBerens-n7d I understand you and that's all that really matters. Plus this gives you the air of Doc Brown, which I love and I hope you will give me for but, I AM NOT STARING AT YOU, I AM A CYBORG PHOTOGRAPHER, PLEASE ACT NATURAL. These are pretty handy caps considering their wide range of uses. Okay, I officially ate too much turkey because I'm about to gobble some more. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@Tstorm731]

If you look at what we are in biological terms; that is, violent, religious, clannish, scapegoat reflexive, genocidal apes, we’re doing pretty damn good. You have to grade us on a curve with ourselves, not on a curve with our ideals.

[@hardlygamaliel455]

"Hoosegow" is a corruption of "house gaol" or house jail. In the 1700s, people which were sentenced to long jail terms would often live in the same house as the jailer.

[@julianshepherd2038]

This video lacks squirrels. One star

[@wendyshadden8732]

I grew up in Council Bluffs IA and we were told in school the the Squirrel cage jail was shut down due prisoner losing arms and legs when the cells were turned. Don’t know if it’s actually true. Eventually it was named a historical landmark and was used as a haunted house. It still stands and is now claimed to be haunted. I now live in Omaha, Nebraska which is right across the river from Council Bluffs. The one in Omaha no longer exists.

[@haileydee9954]

Hey! Fellow Council Tuckyan here!!!!

[@Robin_Starsfall]

I also grew up in Council Tucky, when I was in elementary school we took a field trip to the Squirrel Cage Jail. And I also now reside in Omaha.

[@enderwiggin9303]

😂 those feild trips where fun, im not sure why they were surprised i was climbing the bars.. that was probably 33 years ago

[@choklityum]

Very cool to hear my Iowa hometown mentioned! Our squirrel cage jail also touts paranormal events as part of its offerings. Sadly, I have never toured the jail myself. It's on my to-do list. 🐿️👻😊

[@lukemn5079]

Even pronounced it correctly

[@enderwiggin9303]

😂 no.. pott co he got correctly at the 3nd but the first time was rough and the word council was pronounced different each time

[@haileydee9954]

I live in Council Bluffs and was just at the Squirrel Cage Jail when i stopped at the courthouse earlier this month!

[@mtndogrally]

Simon, how have you not started a whole channel titled "The Past was the Worst"??? Or call it "Simon vs The Past"! | and cover all the crazy historical stuff. It would basically be a mash-up of Into the Shadows and Brain Blaze and Highlight History all combined.

[@drunkramen]

I have been to the Council Bluffs Squirrel Cage jail museum... It was fascinating at the time, but it's even cooler to find out the further history on a channel I watch anyways. Thanks for this!

[@bobtheduck]

"Even entire schools" I thought you were going to stop there. There are actual US high schools that use prison designs.

[@vulcanfeline]

😢

[@enderwiggin9303]

Lol yep, in cb.. and they took us to the squrel house for feildtrips

[@jacquelynsmith2351]

The rotary jail might be gone, but that other building in the Utah picture is still there! Don't ask me what it's called though, I've only passed it a couple thousand times 😅

[@ghosty_mothhh]

That’s the Salt Lake City county building! I’ve been there for events held there since there’s a ton of grass. It’s also really pretty up close like most Victorian made buildings. It’s said to be haunted by children, their mother, a judge, and a former mayor! Highly recommend taking a dog on a walk there(leashed and if you have one)

[@Shwalamazula]

Take a shot every time Simon says "indeed"

[@secretsquirrel1534]

WoW Only $30,000 to build each Jail !!! Hard to find a Automobile in the USA for that these days !!!

[@EmmaChaffer-v3v]

That rhymes so well that the subtitles thought you used the same word. 😂

[@HerculeYakko]

You missed one. There is a rotary jail in Llano, Texas still standing and operating as a museum. It's a rather pretty structure, at least on the outside.

[@seagie382]

Title was cut off and I thought it said "squirrel cannon"

[@Tstorm731]

In America, everything is possible.

[@jonahsmedley3266]

I was not expecting to hear me home town of slc mentioned in this video haha.

[@BigZebraCom]

@todayifoundout in these panopticons, are the writers always kept in the basement?

[@yawndiir9511]

So I grew up in Appleton Wisconsin and volunteered at our local historical society and can't recall anything about a rotary jail. But now I'm pumped to hunt for information. All I could find online was a note saying it wasn't confirmed to be finished. 🧐🧐

[@duncancurtis5108]

You forgot chokey and stir.

[@mounyenclifton7320]

Whoozegow is super old.😊

[@elviolette]

Simon is wearing a gold rolly!!

[@gwc656g]

Seemed like a good idea on paper.

[@supernoodles91]

@4:31 Simon, are you sure that quote isn't from Jacob Rees-Mogg?

[@tbix1963]

Thanks for sharing your videos, always interesting and entertaining. FYI. Oswego, Os we go. Not Os wego. Yes I know, unnecessary nitpicking 😂

[@maryhildreth754]

Inthought the treadmill was invented to turn a spit over a fire in the large kitchen fireplaces during the middle ages

[@robintachoir7984]

I'll keep my air conditioning and penicillin thank you.

[@chadfansler1269]

Last time I was this early, she was so disappointed

[@lynnkay417]

🎉

[@itsmatt2105]

Detractors of the US are quick to point out that we have a lot of people in prison but they gloss over the fact that the US has one of, if not the highest recidivism rates in the world.

[@olaftheblack2012]

Yeah, wonder why that is... 🙄 Fuck the American prison system. It was literally built to punish the poor.

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

I think this kind of sarcasm goes over most peoples head. But I appreciate it.

[@bunnygirl2448]

Yes our prisons are so full of actual criminals, we don’t have any room for to imprison people who make mean social media posts, unlike our European counterparts.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

We have a super deep dive documentary on this. The recidivism rate is precisely because of the way we do criminal justice. And further, a huge number of people we keep locked up at any given time have been convicted of no crime... Go watch here. It's really fascinating. Because it's a relatively recent problem and very clear things causing it kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJXLq6ShjNOFnpIsi=GQuVdDtToYQcO0nl

[@EskChan19]

It's because what was said at the beginnning of the video is only partially true. He said that prisons are there to deter, to punish and also to help them turn into better people who don't do crime anymore. But in the US specifically, the last part is untrue. The US justice system is build entirely around punishment, and neglects rehabilitating people entirely. Because in the US, jails are run to turn a profit, which they only make if they are filled, which in turn means they WANT people to be criminal, because otherwise they won't make money anymore. As far as I know that's a concept that is pretty much entirely unique to the US. Most european countries have jails that are much nicer places, which are not aimed at being a punishment and instead aimed at preparing people to be reintroduced into society and pick up a productive trade. A lot of americans reactions to seing a european prison is "These criminals should be punished and not be given a stay at a hotel!" but that mindset is exactly why the US has the highest recidivism in the world. Because your entire justice system is build around making sure that someone who was criminal once, will never get to live it down for the rest of their lives, and when jailing criminals becomes a business, you can't be schocked when some companies go out of their way to maximize profit.

[@thundernlightning]

Highly absurd that the founder of utilitarianism also created the design for panopticon prisons

[@EJWizard]

lol... it is OS-WE-GO, NY (not OS-WAY-GO).

[@terriwetz6077]

Oh, I've been pronouncing it wrong all along!

[@stancil83]

Okay now I want to see a Rube Goldberg-style prison, make it so, hehe. I only wish.

[@docholiday5682]

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[@vulcanfeline]

OMG

[@JonMahn]

Is it just me or ... Vessi (nice shoes, buy a few) sponsor of today's video. Are shoes a form-fitting prison for feet? ... just me then? Ok, back to today's video...

[@enderwiggin9303]

+1 for CB.. i climb the bars to the top level on a field trip in first? grade 😁 good fun in the early 90s

[@annieinwonderland]

@that writer Kevin @Blind Dave, a follow up could be the Madeline laundries and sinad o'conner.

[@jasonsimons4411]

I have never been to prison.. the biggest reason (besides pure dumb luck never allowing me to be caught for any of the sketchier shit ive done) is that prison is a horrible place.. if i had gone to prison for the first stupid thing i did, i would have continued through life never doing stupid things because i certainly wouldnt want to go back.. as for the repeat offenders that spend their lives in and out of prison, i have zero empathy for them.. make better choices and you wont have to go back.. I know people aee going to argue that felons have a hard time getting work and this forces them to do sketchy shit to survive.. in some cases, youre right. It does in fact limit their career choices.. however i have met plenty of felons that make more than I do. I also know for a fact that the government is trying to limit this by giving employers tax incentives for hiring felons.. its actually the same incentive for hiring a veteran. The difference is the company gets this perk for hiring a felon for the felons' entire life, whereas they only get the perk for hiring a veteran if they're within a year of leaving service.. Personally i think thats pretty asinine.. im not saying dont offer these tax breaks to felons.. im just saying felons made their choice to break the law.. veterans chose to serve the country (even if many of us regret our choices afterwards) and should receive the same perks or better than a felon while seeking employment

[@mblake0420]

There shouldn't be one non violent person in jails

[@seanm1462]

Commonwealth* of Pennsylvania... Gotcha fact boy!

[@oFLYINGYETIo]

1:07 made me laugh.

[@jasonkurt1958]

I've been to two of these, in council bluffs & the museum in Indiana.

[@Yash-c3v]

Wasnt Orson Wells famously subjected to treadmill torture?

[@cun7sathome]

Whats that noise behind you?!?!, like a faint people chatting in the pub background.. but its really very quite but i know i cak hear somthing in the background

[@stancil83]

The big dig.

[@user-cq3pb6es9h]

Ah, that slogan again.

[@BurritoMassacre]

Hello early birds 👋🏼

[@danielblinkhorn]

Hurray

[@bravace]

Where your table come from?

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

22:33 That's probably the fanciest way of saying "medieval savagery" I heard so far.

[@EyesOfByes]

16:10 Mission Impossible II?

[@hoightb]

Why are you wearing a prison issued jumper? Done some time ay? Or recording from jail?

[@sirshrubberyvonfoliagethef3332]

Ohhh the past haha

[@aarongraham6017]

A bit long winded

[@KraftyKreator]

Humans are so good thinking of new ways to be cruel to other humans.

[@EskChan19]

To be fair this was thought to be more humane than the old prisons at the time. So it was indeed invented as a new way to be LESS cruel to other humans.

[@JamesOfEarth]

Miskellaneous

[@beefpanda4313]

Need to go back to some older systems.

[@RandomDeforge]

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