25 most violent prisons in the world

While some prisons boast TV, gym, table tennis tables and a nice dining room, there are many other places of detention, which is rightly called hell on earth:

1. Stanley Prison (Hong Kong)

One of the six most protected sites in Hong Kong was built in 1937 and has remained a popular destination for execution. In 1990, the Government decided to close. About 122 criminals were hanged in the period between 1946 and 1966. In addition, the prison became part of internment camps where they were killed 600 prisoners during the Japanese occupation. Refugees trying to cross the border, and to jail. The number of prisoners currently stands at about three thousand, which greatly exceeds the allowable limit.

2. Attica Correctional Facility (New York)

The prison, built in 1930, was the place of the content of some of the most dangerous criminals in the world. Nevertheless, his notorious riot after it acquired the ninth September 1971. 2,200 prisoners seized the prison and took hostage thirty three employee, demanding better living conditions and political rights. As a result, four-day talks killed 39 people, including ten security guards and servants.

3. Prison Montelyupih (Poland)

One of the worst Nazi prison was used by the Gestapo during the Second World War to house political prisoners, victims of street raids, deserters, as well as British and Soviet spies. In the period from 1940 to 1944 according to various estimates have been there about fifty thousand people. One of the main methods of interrogation were cruel medieval torture. After the war, it became a place of interrogation of Polish soldiers of the Home Army.

4. Camp 1391 (Northern Israel)

A military prison for dangerous prisoners, located an hour's drive from Tel Aviv. On its existence had no idea until 2003. Most of the data remains classified, although the Israeli Supreme Court issued an order on their disclosure.

5. Vladimir Central (Russia)

The prison was built in 1783. His notorious she found in the Soviet Union, when it became a place of detention of political prisoners of the set. Today crowded and teeming with diseases known sadistic prison guards to prisoners attitude. Their force pulled out of the chambers, ordered to put his hands on the wall, and then beaten to such an extent that they are no longer able to go back. Sometimes this procedure ends in death. Sometimes prisoners are forced to beat each other.

6. Prison maximum security KAMIT (Nairobi, Kenya)

Located on a plot of 1,200 acres, is a deprivation of liberty became known through an incredibly miserable living conditions, as well as beating prisoners to death and cases of sodomy. Malnutrition, plague and cholera are perceived here as normal.

7. Butyrka (Moscow, Russia)

The largest of the transit prison in Moscow is known for its brutality. During the Great Purge it contained more than twenty thousand prisoners, after which a lot of investigations have been shot. Administration resorted to violence whenever convicted tried to protest against something. In addition to problems with overcrowding, when one of them may be up to a hundred people instead of ten, in the summer it is very hot, not to mention the epidemic of AIDS and tuberculosis.

8. Prison Nairobi (Kenya)

In 1911, it was built to accommodate 800 inmates, but by 2003 this number had grown to three thousand. Just for this reason, this prison is one of the most crowded in the world. As a result, there were problems with hygiene, sanitation and general living conditions, where you have to really fight for their mental and physical health. Prison cells razyat smell of sweat and feces, and the stench of garbage constantly poisoning the air.

9. Black Beach Prison (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea)

It is a place of imprisonment acquired its notoriety thanks to the cruelty of guards, problems with malnutrition, overcrowding, a plague of rats and human rights violations. Prisoners often die from chronic diseases, as well as escape. However, nobody is paying attention. They live in constant fear of possible torture and prolonged beatings, after which sometimes die.

10. Vologda penny (Lake New Russia)

It's kind of Russian version of Alcatraz: Prison isolated lake and in it are the most dangerous criminals. Although prisoners are not subjected to violence by guards or each other's lives in a cell without a toilet and wash basin surrounded by ice water and snow leads to psychological devastation and degeneration.

11. San Juan de Lurigancho (Lima, Peru)

The most severe prison in South America was built to accommodate 2,500 inmates, but at the moment because of its dilapidated walls is about seven thousand. As such rigor and restrictions are not observed, and therefore prisoners can sell anything from various electronic gadgets and a DVD up to the drug. Cockfighting for this place - normal as visiting prostitutes for a "check-up". Prisoners roam by themselves around the buildings by killing and other acts of violence.

12. Prison Rikers Island (New York)

One of the most notorious prisons of America in its history seen a beating, stabbing and abuse not only from the guards, but also inmates who are doing this on the orders of protection again. Media attention it drew to itself in 2007, when eighteen prisoner was almost beaten to death by fellow inmates baton as the guards watched the whole process. The prison is being abused mentally ill, which often leads to suicide.

13. San Quentin Prison (California)

The oldest state prison was opened in July 1852, where there were both men and women. Now it is the largest place of detention for prisoners of male suicide in America. In 1930, it swept over corruption and interracial strife became normal.

14. Gldani (Tbilisi, Georgia)

Perhaps in Georgia and has the lowest crime rate in Europe, but the result of this becoming an epidemic of tuberculosis, wild treatment of prisoners and sexual violence, especially in Gldani.

15. Le Sante (Paris)

By a twist of French «Le Santé» translated as "health", but it's not the nicest place to stay healthy, both physically and mentally. Prisoners are forced to live in appalling conditions: overcrowded cells with rats and lice. This place will make anyone lose their mind. In 2002, 122 prisoners have committed suicide while in despair. Another seventy three did the same in 2003, drinking cleaner pipe.

16. Alcatraz (California, San Francisco)

Infernal prison, known as "rock" or "the devil's island", was built in the twenties of the last century and designed in such a way that the escape from it was impossible. The prisoners were subjected to ill-treatment by prison guards, who forced them to observe complete silence, forbidding not only conversations with fellow inmates, but any display of emotion.

17. Central prison in Gitarama (Rwanda)

This place is described as a living hell on earth. Judge for yourself: the prisoners of four has to literally survive in a brick box with no roof area in square meter. The prison was designed to house 400 inmates, but the number was increased to seven (!) Thousand in the mid-nineties, during the genocide in Rwanda, and therefore they are simply left to die. Being desperate and suffering from dysentery and gangrene, prisoners are on a small piece of land in any weather, choking smoke from nearby fires. Sometimes they even eat each other.

18. Diyarbakir (Turkey)

The most sadistic correctional institution inter alia Statistics has the largest number of human rights violations on a prisoner in the world. The prison is known for a high incidence of physical and mental violence, as well as unsuitable conditions for living and abuse. At this point, even a child can serve a life sentence. To somehow ease their plight, condemned resorted to hunger strikes, suicide and self-immolation demonstrative.

19. Maximum security prison «ADX Florence» (CO)

Was built as a response to the terrorist attacks committed against the guards and workers in other prisons USA. Prisoners are not allowed to communicate with the staff and to go anywhere that kind of psychological torture, which resulted in many of its commit suicide.

20. El Rodeo (Guatire, Venezuela)

During the presidency of Hugo Chavez, the crime rate has increased incredibly. Venezuelan prisons have filled fifty thousand prisoners, two thirds of which are still awaiting sentencing. The twelfth day of June 2011 visit turned into a bloodbath between gangs. Only a month later the authorities were able to bring the situation under control.

21. La Sabaneta (Venezuela)

In one of the most violent prisons in South America, violence is seen in the order of things. Being thrown to the disease, starvation, lack of medical care virtually, more prisoners and kill each other.

22. Bang Kwang Prison (Thailand)

Most of the prisoners, unable to endure the psychological pressure, crazy even in the first month. In addition to the most brutal prison in Thailand is quite a lot of foreigners convicted, sentenced to death. She is known not enough staff, overcrowding and deplorable conditions for living.

23. Tadmor military prison (Syria)

The most severe prison according to the international non-governmental organization «Amnesty international» acquired its notorious in June 1980, when President Hafez al-Assad ordered the execution of all prisoners in retaliation for the attempt on his life by members of the religious currents of the Muslim Brotherhood. The massacre lasted for about two weeks and took the lives of inaccurate estimates of 800 to 2400 people.

24. Carandiru (Brazil)

The result of the riots that occurred in 1992, was a mass execution of prisoners, whose number was 1,300. In 2002, the prison was closed after reports of gross human rights violations.

25. Camp 22 (North Korea)

A prison for political prisoners, built in 1965, has attracted international attention in 2012, after fleeing her chief in China. Huge corpus contained 50,000 prisoners. According to some statements were put in jail for three generations of dissident to "eradicate" further atrocities. In addition, the death camp people were subjected to severe torture and experiments, as well as other atrocities.