While going to prison is never fun, some around the world are much worse than others due to their unsanitary or dangerous nature. Overview of the worst prisons in the world.
If there’s one place every human being wants to avoid, it’s prison. Regardless of the country, living conditions are rarely pleasant for the more than 11 million people incarcerated in prisons around the world, according to figures from the World Prison Brief . But in some countries, being behind bars can be a nightmare due to prison conditions. Overview of the worst prisons in the world.
Gitarama, Rwanda
Like all Rwandan prisons, Gitarama prison is not immune to overcrowding. 6000 inmates stay in this prison which has a capacity of 600 prisoners, which prevents them from being able to lie down or even sit down. Many diseases are circulating in the penitentiary center, which reportedly saw nearly a thousand inmates die between September 1994 and July 1995, according to Libération . Inmate excrement even covers the floor of this large brick building.
Diyarbakir, Türkiye
Located in southern Turkey, not far from the Syrian border, Diyarbakir prison is renowned for the physical and mental torture inflicted on inmates. Overcrowding is also a problem at this prison where inmates are often deprived of food and water. Conditions which would have pushed many prisoners to end their lives. In addition, many children are incarcerated in this prison which, according to some, was set up to destroy Kurdishness in the context of the Kurdish conflict.
The prison of Diyarbakir, the large Kurdish city of Turkey after the Coup d’Etat of September 12, 1980.
Among other inscriptions:
– Turkey belongs to the Turks
– Happy is he who can call himself a Turk
– There is no other friend for a Turk than a Turk
Riker Island, United States
The largest prison in New York and the 2nd largest in the United States is renowned for its incredible violence. This island prison is home to some of America’s most dangerous criminals and is infamous for its cruel treatment of mentally ill inmates, who are often driven to suicide. Nicknamed the island of torture or the oven because of the stifling heat in the 3 x 3 meter cells, this prison has gained its reputation in particular because of negligence which led to the death of several inmates. Celebrities like Lil Wayne, Tupac, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Harvey Weinstein have been incarcerated there.
Off the bright coast of New York City
Is the steel barred RIker’s Island State Prison
Camp 22, North Korea
This prison, or concentration camp, is undoubtedly among the worst in the world. Around 50,000 prisoners, men, women and children, are incarcerated there and must work 7 days a week from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m., then self-criticize and learn the dictatorship’s propaganda by heart. While information about this concentration camp is scant, some accounts indicate that inmates are subjected to extreme torture or episodes of human experimentation when the job is not done well. In addition to regular executions, an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 people die each year from malnutrition.
The most notable things about North Korea’s notorious camp 22 is that it’s not on the previously posted map.
It’s a death camp where people are tortured and murdered.
People solely go there to die, that might mean they target people in the big city for deportation.
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San Juan de Lurigancho, Peru
Although there are many things to discover in Peru, we do not recommend the San Juan de Lurigancho prison, located east of Lima. Built to house 3000 prisoners, it is overcrowded and contains between 7500 and 9000. Renowned for being the harshest prison in South America, it is however “special”: the prisoners run the prison in their own way and are free to commit murder or other acts of violence. Prisoners can only survive by providing for themselves, and therefore with the help of their families. A strict hierarchy operates within this prison: prisoners without money must work for the richest inmates, from laundry to sexual service. This prison therefore seems to be an ordeal for some, an El Dorado for others.
PERU! INPE (National Penitentiary Institute) reports that RIOTS in prison Castro Castro in San Juan de Lurigancho, due to #coronavirus deaths in the prison.
Bang Kwang, Thailand
Thailand’s Bang Kwang Prison is renowned for being the worst prison in the Far East. A bowl of rice or soup a day, overcrowding, lack of staff who do not fail to torture the prisoners, tiny cells… this is what the life of prisoners who are only sentenced to death or to long sentences is like .
7 – Bang Kwang, Thailand
In this prison, torture is daily, they see their legs pierced by iron chains during the first three months of imprisonment. If the goal is to prevent them from escaping, the result is more often to generate infections
Kamiti, Kenya
Prison conditions in Kenya are renowned for being among the worst in Africa and Kamiti prison is no exception. This prison has gained notoriety because of the misery in which prisoners have to live between overcrowding, malnutrition, unreliable water supply, rape, cholera. In February 2000, judges who visited the prison were shocked to find that some inmates were completely naked.
El Rodeo, Venezuela
This is the place where Venezuela’s biggest criminals are locked up. In this prison which accommodates 50,000 inmates crowded together, gang wars are very frequent. In 2011, a powerful war broke out, killing 25 people and requiring the help of the army to end it, which turned the prison into a real battlefield. More recently, detainees have reported that multiple situations of violence and physical assault have occurred in addition to the confiscation of food, clothing, hygiene products and phones.
Venezuela 2011 prisons are the living HELL living in the worst conditions, the smell is rotten
