The wall on the outside of the old prison was decorated with images of the many ways prisoners were tortured.

The "Pilas de Torturas" or "Torture Cells" where many of the tortures were performed by the Army under the direction of the Somosa Family.

One form of torture was to force a prisoner to drink massive amounts of salt water. Afterward the prisoner was repeatedly punched in the stomach.

Inside the prison, in the latrine area, we found many examples of modern graffiti decorating the walls.

Doorways led through the building, from cellbock to cellblock. At the far end were the Torture Cells.

A drawing of the prisoner Somosa sitting on a bench under air conditioning. The real story was hung from that wall in a manner that made the prisoner appear to hold the frame.

The sign roughly read:

El 12 de Octubre de 1971, el Mayor Oscar Morales "Moralitos" celebre torturador de la Gardia Somocista y quien fuviera un tenebroso papel durante la "cacella de brujas" posterior a los hechos del 21 de septiembre de 1956, inaugua adentro de la 21 su proleo gimnasio. Siendo reo privilegiado del lugar, "Moralitos" habia construido su propia cáruel en la parté traser del edificio con el fin de volver mas placentera su estadia. Este preso tenia cohectado aire acondicionado refrigeradora y gimnasio propio. no se sab si por su propia decison o de los reclusos, el gimnasio lievo su nombre el que quedó registrado en gruesas tetras en los nuros de ls cárcel.

Another of the tortures commonly used on prisoners was to use a flat steel file to file down the prisoner's teeth.