Malaysia Prison Museum

I totally LOVED this prison museum!

This museum occupies a former prison.

It was originally constructed in 1860 by Governor Colonel Cavenagh.

Modified into a museum and was open to the public in 2014.

The Malaysian prison system started way back in the 18th century under British rule.

This prison used to house 300 inmates.

Entrance

Entrance fee is just RM3 per person.

The weapons room

The Copper Statue

The copper from this football player statue was obtained from a collection of ammunition from across Malaysian prison institutions. It was custom made in 1955.

Entering the prison cells

Original cells have been kept in their original state, completed with stained walls and graffiti by prisoners.

Toilets

Colorful murals

This pool was built in the 1960s and was used by all categories of prisoners to take bath and clean their clothes according to the time fixed by the prison department on a daily basis.

X-Ray machine

Visiting area

Record books of prisoners

Library

Short-termed lockups

Cane #1: For civilians

Cane #2: For juveniles

Cane #3: For Syariah

There were photographs of the injuries inflicted on bare buttocks by strokes from the cane @ rotan.  The injuries looked horrendous. The pain must be so unbearable. 

Uniforms

White: Below 6 months
Red: 12 months
Green: 15 months
Blue: 18 months
Purple: Long term

Gallows

These cells were for prisoners awaiting to be hung.

Separation cells

Place for gathering

TORTURE METHODS

Colombian Necktie Execution is done with the victim's throat slashed horizontally and their tongues pulled through the open wound.

Hanging is one of the most popular methods for the execution of the death penalty and the abuse. Offenders are hung with ropes or put to death by suspension by the neck.

Buried alive

Slow slicing was a Chinese execution method known as The Death of a Thousand Cuts.  It is slow torture of systematically slicing of flesh from the offender's body.

Oldest torture tool was the Snake Pit Execution. Offenders are cast into a deep pit filled with venomous and poorly-fed snakes.

Death by burning is usually associated with witchcraft or sorcery.

The Electric Chair is death by electrical shock. The head and body of the offender would be mounted with copper electrodes connected to electricity. Electricity is then sent through the body. In theory, the first jolt is supposed to bring about unconsciousness. The second jolt is supposed to damage the vital organs and cause death.

Cement Foot was practiced with human legs being cemented with concrete and thrown into the sea.

The Wheel Method is a torture technique whereby the offender would be tied to the outside of the wheel rims and rolled on sharp stones. 

Death by Boiling. The offender would be immersed in a crater or cauldron to be cooked alive.

Quartered Execution is done on traitors. The offender's head, hands, legs and body will be chopped off.

The Brazen Bull Execution is the most violent method ever practiced. The offender would be inserted into a copper bull statue and heated until the offender dies in agony.

Death Wheels was practiced with the offender placed on the wheel and tortured using a sharp hook

Elephant Execution was practiced with elephants used to crush, dismember or torture captives in public executions.

The Spanish Tickler was used to cut the skins of victims.

Garrote is a popular torture technique whereby the offender is killed by strangulation.