The Yuma Prison, like all prisons, had their own punishments and consequences. Some prisons in the 1800’s had their punishments for their prisoners, like them getting lashed 25 to 50 times. The YTP had its own punishment which was the Dark Cell. Only if you had committed a very serious offense in the prison you would be taken to the Dark Cell. For example, if two prisoners got into an argument, they would both get at least 3 days in the Dark Cell. In here, the prisoners only had a daily ration of bread and such little water. They had to “stand” in a 5 foot cell! The prisoner that had spent the longest time in the Dark Cell was a prisoner named John Clay who was in there for 104 days. Most of the regulations and rules inside of the prison were
