Germany: posed photograph of student bending over for pretend caning demonstration in a school museum, c. 2000 Hillman, Mark, Colorado State Senator, recalls with approval "board of education" being applied to his "seat of knowledge" There is a systematic, "production-line" flavour to this, and one gets the impression that it is a routine event. The way in which the recipients take their punishment suggests that they expect it, and perhaps are used to it. One observer has suggested that this is a "welcome spanking" which all new prisoners automatically receive (cf. 18th-century Saxony, where every prisoner was flogged on arrival), but we have no corroboration for that. HERE IS THE CLIP: Tuanku Ja'afar Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Sultan of Negeri Sembilan, King of Malaysia 1994-1999, recalls boarding school canings in 1930s

Canada, "the machine" into which prisoners were secured for paddling in Ontario provincial institutions, 1950s (poor-quality photograph) Yelena Federova was sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted on a murder charge when she was 20 years old. She served part of that sentence from June 2007 to April 2016 at prison IK-14. Next comes a 13-stroke caning for a Chinese prisoner, which here is split over the first and second parts of the film. He takes his punishment remarkably stoically, hardly moving or making a noise. Singapore: posed picture on book cover purportedly reconstructing caning of Michael Fay (inaccurate), 1994 Washington, Frederic, now 23 in 2012, was paddled on at least 30 occasions at Caddo Parish Schools in Louisiana up to 2007Hold that! Don’t you dare drop it! And if I see any teethmarks on it, when I take it out, you’ll be very, very sorry!” There were sergeants who saved the lash for serious infractions, and sergeants who whipped all the time. There was little supervision, despite the pompous claims of the superintendents, because whippings were viewed as the best way to keep the men working -- and afraid. It was not unusual for a convict to be lashed for breaking his shovel in the fields, or for several dozen convicts to be whipped for the theft of a single postage stamp. "There is no telling what punishment will be used in this prison," said a gunman in the 1930s, "It all depends on how mad the sergeant is, as to whether you get 15 or fifty lashes." Watt, Jada, 16, spanked by male administrator in Texas, pictured with her mother, 2012 (also video clip)

United Kingdom, juvenile birching pony, Beamish Museum, from a police station in Sunderland (two views) Dummy demonstrations or artists' impressions of prison, military, reformatory or slave corporal punishment - Sons of Acting Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, aged 10, 12 and 13, shown with their father, who occasionally spanks them, Singapore, 2004 Abbott, Molly and Freda, aged 12 and 14, caned in front of school, UK, 1948 (poor quality photocopy from microfilm) A Texas ranger unsuccessfully tries to prevent a girl from following him by whipping her with a switch. [1]Germany: drawing of schoolboys taking revenge with birches on their master on one day a year when tables were turned by tradition, 1867 Jamaica: classroom strapping of girl on hand, undated file picture (possibly posed but might be real) Mother's Eyes ดวงตาแม่: A teenage girl is mistakenly blamed for bullying another student. Her mother thus canes her as punishment.

Video clips Comment and analysis by C. Farrell With many thanks to the reader who kindly provided the translations from Malay

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Bad news: Sadly, though, Rep O'Neil's colleagues have already labeled his legislation "Batcrap crazy," which is apparently not unusual for Montana: John S. Adams, who covers the Montana legislature for the Great Falls Tribune, wrote : “The measure is already raising eyebrows and is sure to catch the attention of those on the lookout for ‘bat crap crazy’ legislation this session. Republican leadership has been doing its best to tamp down any potential bills the other side might use to embarrass the GOP as they work to craft a budget. This one apparently didn’t get tamped.” S1, Ep.2: A giant girl is blamed by her grandfather, Akman, for the damage that was done to his tiny town while she tried to stop two "little people" from escaping. Akman angrily spanks her as she denies being the one responsible. Germany: classroom caning of elementary schoolboy, 1960s (possibly a scene from a film, but might be real) Then the woodshed whuppin evolved again. It still means getting one of the worst spankings of my life, but now she’s expanded beyond just using the belt and razor strap. Sometimes it is just the belt, sometimes it is a paddle or water soaked cane (one of the worse things ever), and sometimes it is a combination of 2 or 3 of her meanest implements. It just depends on what she feels like using that day or night. But no matter what she decides on using, it still remains a punishment, deterrent and attitude adjustment that will be remembered for a while.