A kishka is a type of prison

Prison

A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...

 cell used in Soviet

Soviet Union

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Kishka

-Food:* Kishka , various types of sausage or stuffed intestine with a filling made from a combination of meat and meal, often a grain* Kishke , a Jewish dish traditionally made from beef intestine stuffed with flour or matzo meal, schmaltz and spices-People:* Kyszka , a szlachta family in the...

), in that it was tall and narrow, like an intestine

Intestine

In human anatomy, the intestine is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the pyloric sphincter of the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine...

, but more like a chimney. The prisoner had room to stand, but could not sit or kneel, let alone lie down. In some Soviet prisons there was no drainage and the prisoner was forced to excrete standing up and to stand in his own urine and feces. In some cases the cells were never cleaned. Prisoners could be held in these cells for months at a time.

See also

• Boot camp (correctional)
• List of prisons in Qinghai, China
  China
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