South America has some of the most notoriously bad prisons in the world!
Known for poor conditions, riots, corruption, many are run by gangs who
control every aspect of existence.
The prison riots, mostly over poor conditions have been frequent & brutal, as the graphic images of Carandru prison show.
The first hand experiences of prisoners indicate voilence and corruption at a level uncontrolled by the prison administration.
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Read about Terence Donaldson from the UK who has just been released
after serving three out of fours years in the prison - HMP Glendairy, Barbados
where there was a riot and the prison burned down.
Prison conditions also posed a problem in Jamaica. The parliamentary ombudsman
reported in 1986 that prison conditions had deteriorated further since 1984,
when he had released a study detailing the deplorable facilities and degrading conditions
Brazil is know for its beautiful tourist spots, and its terrible prisons. Some prisons have no-go areas that are run by criminals and conditions are so bad that prisoners regularly riot.
At present there are two Australians, two Britons and 12 Kuwaitis
among the many others who are being held in
the legal limbo no-mans-land of Guantanimo Bay Prison Camp.
Colombia’s prison population is 70,000 about double that for which the infra-structure
was designed.Overcrowding severely impedes the capacity of staff to maintain control.
There are cases of prisoners being kidnapped and held to ransom by other prisoners
in ‘no go areas’. Brutal conditions have produced a murder rate of one prisoner a day.
South America has some of the most notoriously bad prisons in the world!
Known for poor conditions, riots, corruption, many are run by gangs who
control every aspect of existence.
