1924–1940 

During the period of the first independent republic of Lithuania, a branch of the hard labour prison was established in Kaunas Ninth Fort in 1924. Criminal and political prisoners were imprisoned here, and from 1934 onwards, female prisoners were imprisoned here as well. The expositions give visitors the opportunity to get acquainted with the prisoners’ activities, daily life and punishments as the three punishment cells used at the time can be visited: “Wet”, “Resort” and “Concrete sack.” The prisoners’ walk and farmyard are separated by a meeting house, where visitors can see the conditions under which prisoners met their relatives. Visitors are always escorted from the fort to the prisoners’ walking yard by Jurgis, a long-time museum “employee” in the uniform of a prison warden.