Top 10 Prisons In The World
Top 10 Worst And Brutal Prisons In The World
10. San Quentin State Prison, USA
California’s oldest state prison is San Quentin State Prison. Opened in 1852, holds male inmates awaiting execution.
There is a gas chamber inside the prison. Currently, it has 4,000 intimates.
Death row inmates have been given lethal injections since 1996 in the prison.
9. San Juan de Lurigancho, Peru
San Juan de Lurigancho located in Lima, Peru. It is said to be the toughest prison in South America.
This prison holds a population of 7000 inmates. It is overpopulated as it was constructed for 2500 prisoners only.
Inside the prison, occurrence of the high incidence of drugs dealing,
rape and murder are normal. The guards aren’t truly attentive to prisoners and, it is getting worst day by day.
8. Rikers Island Prison, USA
New York City’s major prison is Rikers Island Prison. It holds United States dangerous criminals in it.
Between the boroughs of Queens and the Bronx, the prison has been set. It is referred as “The Island” by New Yorkers.
They also have the most brutal guards working with in there.
7. Gitarama Central Prison, Rwanda
Gitarama Central Prison located in Africa. Just to stay alive prisoners went eating each others flesh.
In 1990s, it housed nearly
7,000 inmates as that was originally designed to house just 400 inmates.
6. Bang Kwang Central Prison, Thailand
A prison located in the Nonthaburi Province of Thailand. It is about seven miles north of Bangkok.
It is considered one of the worst prisons in the Far East. Overcrowded and understaffed houses several foreign prisoners
as well as inmates.
5. Carandiru Penitentiary, Brazil
Opened in 1920, Carandiru Penitentiary situated in San Paulo, Brazil. It was eventually
closed down in 2002. There was happened a massive riot and massacre inside the prison in 1992.
The rampant spread of AIDS within inmates which housed about 8,000
inmates at its highest point was the reason behind it got shut down.
4. Tadmor Prison, Syria
In the desert of Syria is located the Tadmor Prison.
It is about 200 kilometers from Damascus. In the 80’s they began housing
all sorts of criminals inside but it meant for a military detention facility.
President Hafez al-Assad ordered execution of 2400 prisoners inside.
The prison once closed in 2001 but again reopened in 2011.
3. ADX Florence Supermax Prison, USA
The most dangerous criminals in the United States is AT the ADX Florence Supermax Prison.
A prison located in Fremont County, Colorado. Currently, it has 439 inmates.
This prison has the tightest security in the country. The prison opened in 1994 and also known as the Alcatraz of the Rockies.
Due to the complete isolation many of intimates attempt suicide.
2. La Sabaneta, Venezuela
In Venezuela, La Sabaneta prison is considered one of the most brutal correctional facilities in South America.
Inside the jail, there are many diseases run rampant, and even no care given to ill inmates.
Many violent crimes are being performed under the facility of understaffed.
The tool of torture of this prison is ignorance.
1. Diyarbakır Prison, Turkey
There is a prison in South Eastern Turkey that built in the year 1980.
It has imprisoned most violent criminals of that nation.
The prison has not only known for physical torture but also for its mental pain.
There are two section namely the E-Type which has a capacity of 744 prisoners and the D-Type with a 688 capacity.
Both the sections both currently hold more prisoners than they should.
This prison performs the maximum violations of Human Rights per prisoner.
The most dreading fact is that children are also treated same.