Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20170110:18:53:00
Department of justice. at that point, alabama was the only state in the country that handcuffed prisoners to hitching posts, and we talked about this will be met before. i said i would ask you about this in this hearing. a hitching post was used as a punishment for prisoners perceived as being unwilling to work or participate in the daily lives of the prison, whether serving on a chain gang or participating in work, and they would be cuffed by both wrists to a pole at chest height, sometimes for seven, eight, or nine hours, protected from sun, heat, or rain or without access in some cases to w...