Would the human body support living on planets with a greater gravity than Earth?

I once read a novel about a prison-planet which was chosen to make the prisoners suffer. One of the different "tortures" was a gravity three times higher than that on Earth.

Would the human body support living under such a gravity? It is known that living under no-gravity conditions for long periods of time has negative consequences for the body. Would a high-gravity environment also be negative, or it will only make individuals stronger over time?

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