Wahots , 4 hours ago

My uncle saw it firsthand. He saw the chain gangs clearing out vines in the south while the prisoners got lit up by hornets (and couldn’t move since everyone was chained together). My uncle asked the fat, white prison guard if they were going to get bug killer for the prisoners. The guard laughed and said they will, in three days. He deliberately was making an example out of them.

They were the worst of the worst- comprised entirely of murderers, pedophiles, and rapists…but even then (late 70s-80s), it seemed cruel and unusual. I think the heat has made people cruel to each other down there. Monsters, even.