Slaves were punished by whipping, shackling, beating, mutilation, branding, and/or imprisonment. Slaves were punished by whipping, shackling, hanging, beating, burning, mutilation, branding and imprisonment. The slaves were punished with whipping, shackling, hanging, beating, burning, and imprisonment. Military officials also use the facilities to interrogate detainees, shackling them to the floor. The Writ of Certiorari laid out Deck's arguments as to why the shackling was unconstitutional. The Court concluded by saying there is one exception to shackling a defendant. In English folk traditions, the game has variously been known as "shackling", "jarping" or "dumping".