Below the A block of cells was a set of cells which were dubbed the Spanish Dungeons. Over the years, stories about the dungeons grew, some saying they were built by the Spanish Inquisition (they weren’t). Others claimed they were built beneath the water line because they were wet and cold. In truth though, they were 100 feet above the water line — not below. In 1942, the Bureau of Prisons decided that the dungeons were cruel and unusual punishment and prohibited any further use of them.