Prison violence is a daily occurrence due to the diversity of inmates with varied criminal backgrounds and power dynamics at play in penitentiaries. The...

tyrannical and sadistic violence. They developed systems of mass incarceration, often with hard labor, as a solution. The prison reform movement that arose...

provided figure) Prison escape Walpole prison strike Bidna, Howard (1975-03-01). "Effects of increased security on prison violence". Journal of Criminal...

prisons across the wider Middle East. Sexual abuse of detained women, children and men is rampant in UAE, Saudi and Bahraini prisons. Sexual violence...

Violence in a Women's Prison (Italian: Violenza in un carcere femminile) is a women in prison film directed by Bruno Mattei. The film stars Laura Gemser...

Justice, 13,489 teenagers are in detention. Prison overcrowding results in a prominent occurrence of prison violence and murder as well as frequent revolts...

state of emergency. He has been trying to control the prison system, with the prison violence completely in the hands of criminal gangs. The state has...

consequences of prison violence in seven states. The goal of the three-year study is to develop evidence-based strategies to reduce and prevent violence. The participating...

the United States Penitentiary, Coleman, in Florida. In his 1999 memoir Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance, Peltier admitted to participating in...

absence of other factors such as threats of violence, actual violence, or property damage). Many prisons use security features such as CCTV, perimeter...

water, and violence among prisoners was common. Gangs of inmates had control over the prison, and were led by a "pran" (inmate leader). The prison was closed...

Prison rape commonly refers to the rape of inmates in prison by other inmates or prison staff. In 2001, Human Rights Watch estimated that at least 4.3...

random acts of violence, rape or sexual assault by strangers, and violence in institutional settings such as schools, workplaces, prisons and nursing homes...

prison); situational homosexuality (consensual sex between inmates who have homosexual experiences for the first time in prison); and sexual violence...

situation, something that the prison authorities were frequently criticized for. The jail has seen instances of prison violence amongst gangs. In 2006, a...

Violence Intervention (GVI). The NNSC has used GVI's framework to develop strategies to address overt drug markets, intimate partner violence, prison...

simultaneously in four prisons in Ecuador. Authorities gave gang rivalry in an overcrowded prison system as the cause. The violence happened in prisons located in...

Grande. The prisoners formed the alliance to protect themselves from prison violence and guard-inflicted brutality; as the group coalesced, the common criminals...

Prison Break is an American crime drama television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox. The series revolves around two brothers, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic...

Domestic violence is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. Domestic violence is often used...

assault rifles and handguns executed one another in the worst inter-prison violence in the nation's history. The La Joya, La Joyita, Nueva Joya complex...

reported riot in women's prison in Honduras". Reuters. Retrieved 20 June 2023. "Dozens die in gang violence at Honduras women's prison". France24. Agence France-Presse...

Salad Man" (and others involved in prison violence): New strategies for predicting and controlling violence in prison". Aggression and Violent Behavior...

systematic Israeli abuse, torture, sexual violence and rape of Palestinian detainees, calling the Israeli prison system a "network of torture camps". The...

(LGBTQ) people face difficulties in prison such as increased vulnerability to sexual assault, other kinds of violence, and trouble accessing necessary medical...

tax-paying supplier gangs within prisons, regulate transactions, and control violence in the marketplace and on the streets. Prison gangs are effective in governing...

In the field of penology, protective pairing is a form of prison violence in which one inmate agrees to protect another inmate in exchange for servitude...

all of the officers agree with Jackson's methods. In addition to the prison violence, Wade's regular visits with Laura start to take their toll on their...

while violence has always been a factor in prison life, the level of aggression is magnified in supermax prisons where all such members of the prison system...

corrections officer, assault, and violation of probation for fights while in prison. He was sentenced to an additional 10–25 years, depending on his cooperation...