Behind Bars The Worlds Toughest Prisons

Colony Eight one of the toughest and most notorious prisons in Ukraine Over eight hundred prisoners are behind bars in Colony 8 under maximum security Plenty of freedom on the one hand draconian punishment and military drill on the other Combined with permanent supervision Around seventy cameras in the buildings ensure that anything moving gets noticed

The Maldives – The ultimate holiday paradise in the Indian Ocean attracts more than 2 million visitors from all over the world – every year But not on every island there is a party going onThose caught by the police – inhabitants and tourists alike – end up in Maafushi Central Prison located on Maafushi Island about 30 kilometeres away from the main island of Male

The pretrial prison Urso Branco is one of the worst jails in all of Brazil Riots have been taking place here almost every year since 2002 Gangs battling for control are also fighting it out behind bars They use every opportunity to eliminate rival gang members In the past 20 years more than 100 people have died in riots behind the walls of Urso Branco A sad record for Brazil

The Correctional Institution for Women is the oldest and largest womens prison in the Philippines founded in nineteen thirtyone Designed for one thousand PDLs persons deprived of liberty today there are about three times as many Prisoners range from petty criminals to drug dealers from murderers to gang members The guards are outnumbered

Zenica prison – the biggest and toughest prison in Bosnia and Herzegovina The 1886 fortress still stands to this day The prison has survived all kinds of internal and external threats rebellions escape attempts both world wars and the Bosnian war in the 1990s Zenica has room for almost a thousand inmates

The few Correction Officers who work here risk their lifes every day to keep the prisoners inside Especially during the day because then more than a thousand prisoners are not locked up More freedom for PDLs means less control for correction officers A permanent balancing act