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ELI5: How severe are "Lashes" as a punishment, like the ones given out in Saudi Arabia?

There was the recent story of the man sentenced to 2,000 lashes. How severe are these lashes; what are the typical effects they have on the criminal?
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A friend of mine was caught drunk driving in Jeddah.  He was removed from the public.  They didn't even tell his work he had been arrested.

4 months later he comes back into work and told his story.

He was lashed every day.  If i remember right he got between 60~90 lashes a day.  The guy whipping him held a Koran under his arm and so you can't really get a good swing or put your back into it.

He was shitting himself on day 1 when he was first sent for lashes.  When the first one hit he said he tried very hard not to laugh.

On the other hand Saudi prison sounds like a rape hole.  He slept in the toilet most days (some prison cells had an on suite, yeah go figure) after 3 guys tried to gang fuck him.  The guy was 5'5" and built like a bulldog.  They didn't make that mistake again.  At least that's what he said.