A Prison is an institution for the confinement of persons who have been remanded (held) in custody by a judicial authority or who have been deprived of their liberty following conviction for a crime.
Prisons are facilities where criminals are locked up as a punishment. Although these facilities are suitable for correction, some have horrific conditions.
Human rights violations, riots, diseases, and harassment are common in some of these facilities. Discover some of the worst prisons you don’t want to end up in.
This prison is known for its harsh procedures and staff because it houses some of the most dangerous criminals in Russia who cannot be treated with levity. They are not allowed to rest or even sit during the day and they are highly secured and they must be transported somewhere else.
The Carandiry Prison in Brazil South America is a very dangerous prison with its angle being anchored on violence and ill health. While most prisons have issues of violence only to contend with, the Carandiru penitentiary has lost many inmates to violence as well.
This prison is one of the most dangerous prisons worldwide as it holds two popular gangs, the MS 13 gang, and the Barrio 18 gang. The living conditions of this prison are so abysmal and lowly yet the violence of these clashing gangs is such that even the prison guards are afraid to enter the prison as their colleagues have lost their lives in the violence before.
4. Petak Island Prison, Russia:
This prison is meant for the worst criminals in Russia and they are tortured mentally and physically by being held in tiny cells for twenty hours per day and allowed outside contact only once per year. It holds murdërers, cannib@ls and rapïsts.
This prison is used for criminals who are believed to be threats to the sanctity of the country, for this reason, they are kept at their minimal strength level through physical & emotional torture. They are fed once a day as well and those awaiting life sentences are made to wear leg chains.
This prison is dangerous as over 300 prisoners died in 1994 and 1995 from the violent gun battle in the prison. It is located in Venezuela, South America, and is notorious for its overpopulation and grave underpopulated on the part of prison staff.
This prison is notorious for its prison escape attempts, the most noticeable being the attempt known as “The Battle of Alcatraz” which occurred in May 1946. This prison housed some of the most dangerous criminals in history.
8. Mendoza Prison, Argentina:
This Prison is situated in Argentina, it is most notorious for its prison riots which are resultant of harsh&inhumane living conditions. Inmates are made to sleep on bare floors, urinate in bottles&defecate in plastic bags&use extremely tiny cells.
9. Diyarbakir Prison:
The Diyarbakir Prison in Diyarbakir, Turkey is quite popular for its inhumane conditions. The prison is also known for child incarceration&violence from prison guards to prisoners. It is reported that in 1996, prison guards beat 10 prisoners to death here.
Camp 22 otherwise known as Hoeryong concentration camp, was a prison in North Korea. It was reported to have been involved in serious human rights violations, experimentation&abuse of people including children although the North Korean government denied its existence and it has been reported closed since 2012.
11. Rwanda, Gitarama Central Prison:
7,000 convicts are crammed into a building that can only hold 400 inmates. With that, they can decide whether to remain seated the entire day or to congregate whenever they can. The main problem at Gitarama is the persistent shortage of prison rooms.
In the Gldani jail, prisoner-to-prisoner battles&attacks are common and different. It’s also one of the worst jails in the world for a cause. Prison officers there conduct out torture, attacks&even rapes instead of establishing law and order.
