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This is a picture of what the ANC inmates would have to sleep on. There would be so many prisoners in one room that at night these mats laid out would leave behind no floor space. Sleeping on your back or stomache was virtually impossible.

I slept on the floor for 7 months or so while we had bed bugs in my apartment here in Toronto. I had to pile clothes, towels, sheets and comforters down in order to ensure my hips didn't feel DEAD by morning. (If I slept on my side my back would feel kinked out due to the rididity of the floor) I could only imagine sleeping on these for years after years.

Eventually due to the Red Cross's investigations the prisoners were given beds and material to make bedding etc. but still...