Many claim the "Sweat Box" to be a punishment technique of the past within the Prison system.
Although reliable sources have admitted they are still in existance and use!
The first image on this page ( L to R ) is of a contemporary "Sweat Box" on the grounds
of the Putnam County GA. Prison. The structure is about the size of a large Dog house
and is not tall enough for a human to stand inside. It is approximately eight feet in length.
The second image is of the "Sweat Box" at the Florida's Women's Prison.
"Dept. of Corrections - Florida 1958, The use of sweat boxes ends. According to former
Road Prison Director, L.W. Griffith, many inmates stayed in the sweat boxes for
a minimum of 10 days. They were given a half pound of cornbread and water.
The box was 6' x 3', and if two were in it, they could not lay down to sleep"
 Putnam Co. GA. Prison Sweat Box |
 Florida Women's Prison Sweat Box |
 Duval Co.Florida Sweatbox |
 Ft. Larned Sweatbox |
TIME Magazine Oct. 24th, 1932 - "On the afternoon of June 3, Arthur Maillefert, 22. of Westfield. N. J.,
serving nine years for stealing $30. was found strangled to death in the "sweatbox"
of Duval County's Sunbeam prison camp. A sweatbox is a windowless outdoor solitary confinement cell
little bigger than a coffin. According to Florida law it should be 3 ft. broad.
There should be ventilation. Arthur Maillefert. called "Jersey" by his prison mates, had passed
the previous evening in the sweatbox naked and inside a barrel out of which he tried to gnaw"