Prison Church and torture silence Bashny.Net

The peculiarity of the church in the English castle of Lincoln is divided into narrow cabin space for parishioners. This is due to the fact that in the nineteenth century, the castle of Lincoln was one of the toughest prisons in England and parishioners were prisoners.



created inside the prison atmosphere of isolation was aimed at the suppression of the person condemned, which allows better control them. Prisoners were kept in separate cells, they were forbidden to talk, noise, and their shoes were lined with felt to not even steps broke the silence of the casemates. When prisoners are gathered together, they had to wear a mask, completely hides the face.



Every weekday at 9:30 am prisoners brought into the church. They were placed in a booth that resembles a coffin standing upright, after which they were allowed to take off the mask. The design of the sections was that prisoners could only see the priest, towering over his flock. During the Psalms convicted accepted that there are forces to shout words of prayer. Chants were the only opportunity to speak.