High security prisons contain the most violent criminals: robbers, rapists, murderers, etc.
Many sit a life term (or even a few), so they have nothing to lose. They are ready for anything to escape to freedom or gain respect behind bars.
An ordinary prison is too lenient for them; therefore, conditions of increased severity are created for them. You cannot escape from such colonies, and only a few can survive in them.
Today let's talk about the most cruel prisons in the world severe penitentiary facilities, which fall in equivalent to death.
10. Alcatraz (California, San Francisco)
An island in the San Francisco Bay in the second half of the 19th century was used at first as a military fort, and later as a prison for prisoners of war.
At that time, orders in Alcatraz did not differ in severity: prisoners were allowed to build a baseball field and sew their own uniforms, and in addition, they held boxing tournaments.
Alcatraz became a federal prison for criminals during the years of the Great Depression, having begun to receive "guests" in 1934. This was a peculiar response of the government of organized crime and the mafia, which was gaining strength.
It was almost impossible to get into this prison by court order: criminals from other correctional institutions who were especially “distinguished” were transferred there.
Those inclined to escape and violation of discipline were punished by transferring to the island, where there was nowhere to go and the conditions were as severe as possible.
Speaking of shoots: for 29 years, they tried to flee 14 times from it (34 people in total), but according to official figures no one succeeded. Two drowned, seven were shot, and the bodies of five others were never found. Because of this, there is a possibility that one of the prisoners of Alcatraz nevertheless ended up free and managed to no longer get caught.
The walls of the "Rock" at different times were visited by many famous personalities, but the main "star" was Al Caponewho got there in 1934. This place is also often mentioned in the movie: in 1996, Michael Bay directed the action movie The Rock with Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery.
9. Le Sante (Paris)
The French prison, which is the only one in the capital, was built in 1867.
Within its walls for many years they kept suicide bombers, who were executed there: a guillotine stood on the ground in front of the building. This continued until 1939, when the public execution was abolished, but the Second World War made its own adjustments: the German invaders executed members of the French Resistance in Le Sante.
Interesting fact: the prison is divided into 4 blocks so that prisoners of different nationalities and religions intersect as little as possible. In block A are immigrants from Eastern Europe, in B - blacks, in C - Arabs, and in D - all the rest.
8. San Quentin Prison (California)
San Quentin is California's oldest prison and was built in 1852. It is noteworthy that it was built by prisoners who were kept on a prison vessel for the duration of their work.
Until 1934, women and men were serving their sentences together, and then the first were transferred to the new complex in Tehachapi.
San Quentin has been carrying out the death penalty for many years: it was brought here from Alcatraz.
Now more than 700 prisoners are awaiting capital punishment, some of them were sentenced to death in the 70s, but the sentence has not yet been carried out.
7. Rikers Island Prison (New York)
Rikers - this is not one prison, but as many as 10, combined into a single complex.
In addition to prison buildings, there are chapels, schools, shops, sports grounds, bakeries and even a power station. In total, more than 10,000 people live on the island, most of whom are convicts.
Curious fact: in the 70s of the last century, separate blocks for gays were built, but in 2005 they were closed, and convicts with non-traditional sexual orientation were transferred to the bulk of the prisoners.
6. Bang Kwang Prison (Thailand)
This prison outside of Thailand is jokingly called the "Bangkok Hilton", although the other option common in the country - the "Big Tiger" - is more suitable. This place is really as dangerous as a raging tiger.
A minimum of 25 people live in a 6 by 4 meter chamber, who spend in the 4 walls 14 hours a day. They are fed only 1 time per day, and you need to buy extra rations.
If there is nobody to send money to, then the prisoners have to work for “rich” cellmates for an extra piece of bread. Once in Bang Kwang, many will no longer go out into the wild, dying within its walls.
5. Attica Correctional Facility (New York)
The prison, built in 1931, contains the most notorious criminals, since there is a supermaximum security regime. This means that prisoners spend 22-23 hours a day in solitary confinement. Such measures were introduced not in vain: in 1971 there was a riot, during which 43 people died.
Curious fact: in 1972, John Lennon wrote the song Attica State, dedicated to the suppression of rebellion, and in 1981, Mark David Chapman, Lennon's murderer, was placed in Attica.
4. San Juan de Lurigancho (Lima, Peru)
The scariest place in all of South America, real hell. The prison was built with the expectation of keeping 2,500 people in it, but more than 7,000 are being kept there.
You can buy a smartphone or drugs in it, and if you want and have the money, you can even order a prostitute (“convicts” call them nurses). There is a very high mortality rate: prisoners die from diseases, unsanitary conditions and at the hands of cellmates.
3. Guitarama Central Prison (Rwanda)
Guitarama is a place from which they do not return. So, anyway, they say in Rwanda. If you look at the conditions of detention, then this can easily be believed.
Designed for 500 people, it serves as a habitat for 6-8 thousand “convicts”. Beds, sinks, sewers, even the ceiling - all this is not here. Prisoners have to sleep while standing, and some in the open. People celebrate the need, small and large, right on the ground, continuing to stand in their own and others' stools.
Under such conditions, normal nutrition is not even worth talking about, so there are occasional cases of cannibalism in the walls of Guitar.
2. Kamiti maximum security prison (Nairobi, Kenya)
Kamiti is the only place on Earth that can be compared to the miserable conditions of detention with the Guitarama prison. An ulcer, cholera, violence, death from hunger - this is what awaits those who are "lucky" to get there.
Of course there are not enough places: instead of 800 people it contains thousands. A fierce fight can begin for a place in the line to the bed, so people take turns sleeping. Those who do not want to wait lie on the floor or fall asleep while sitting.
If you recall the climate in Kenya (the Nairobi desert is not so far), then you can only regret the prisoners, even though they are criminals.
1. Stanley Prison (Hong Kong)
The prison was built before the Second World War and in terms of reliability it is often compared with Alcatraz. This is not surprising: the designers focused on American colleagues and even located Stanley on the island.
Run away from her almost impossible, and the few attempts that were made were unsuccessful. Those who get there can only wait for the end of the term and try to live to see this day.