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    9 months ago

    This is common all through the south. The movie Brubaker depicts the finding of such graves, and is based on the real-life story of legendary warden Thomas O. Murton, and his efforts to reform Tucker and Cummins Prison Farms in Arkansas in 1967-68. This prison is the namesake of the Tucker Telephone, a torture device where the ringer wires of the telephone line are attached to the inmates genitals, and then the guards call the phone.

    1967-68.

    Brubaker is a stellar movie, highly recommend. Holds up well through time, too. Very relevant.