The Mongolian Coffin Prison: Living Inside a Grave

Imagine… regular prisons are already terrifying—overcrowded, violent, and hopeless. But in Mongolia, back in 1921, there was something far worse. Prisoners weren’t kept in cells… they were locked inside wooden coffins. Dark, cramped, chained, and fed through a tiny hole. Some endured for months, others for years—or even a lifetime. This wasn’t a prison anymore… it was a living grave.