Officially, each cell was meant to hold five to seven prisoners. In reality, overcrowding often forced eight or even ten people into the same space.
Prisoners were chained at the ankles and spent most of their time seated on the floor. A table could be used only briefly and in turns, while a wooden bucket served as a shared toilet.
Today the cell walls are plastered, and the holes once used to secure the chains are no longer visible. Even so, the layout of the space clearly shows how detention was designed to severely restrict movement and comfort.
