What I mean is "Ohh no... a torture chamber in a non-modern day prison... ohh the humanity"
The wardens are probably expected to torture the prisoners, even to death, from time to time.
Reminder that the official story is that all the Sourcerors are not being rounded up because they are all evil criminals, but because Voidwoken are drawn to Sourcerors, so the point is to keep them away from the general public.
Additional reminder that Paladin Cork of the Divine Paladins exists as an NPC in the prison, here to inspect the prison, and he and the Paladins do not like the existence of this place. Paladin Cork also threatens that "if any prisoners are being harmed..." (The unspoken implication is that the existence of Fort Joy is only grudgingly tolerated, and the Paladins will come in and shut the Magisters down by force.) So yeah, a torture chamber would definitely fall under the "severe no-no" category.