Rattle wrote:
] ] Beds were placed at a 20 degree angle, making them
] ] near-impossible to sleep on, and the floors of the 6ft by
] ] 3ft cells was scattered with bricks and other geometric
] ] blocks to prevent prisoners from walking backwards and
] ] forwards, according to the account of Laurencic's trial.
] ]
] ] The only option left to prisoners was staring at the
] ] walls, which were curved and covered with mind-altering
] ] patterns of cubes, squares, straight lines and spirals
] ] which utilised tricks of colour, perspective and scale to
] ] cause mental confusion and distress.
] ]
] ] Lighting effects gave the impression that the dizzying
] ] patterns on the wall were moving.
] ]
] ] A stone bench was similarly designed to send a prisoner
] ] sliding to the floor when he or she sat down, Mr Milicua
] ] said. Some cells were painted with tar so that they would
] ] warm up in the sun and produce asphyxiating heat.

sounds like my first apartment.

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