10 Most Dangerous Prisons Around the Globe

Alcatraz Island

USA: Famous for housing the most difficult prisoners.

La Sabaneta

Venezuela: Known for violence and overcrowding.

Carandiru Penitentiary

Brazil: Site of the 1992 massacre.

Tadmor Military Prison

Syria: Notorious for the 1980 massacre.

Rikers Island

USA: Infamous for violence among inmates.

La Sante Prison

France: Known for prisoner suicides.

Diyarbakır Prison

Turkey: Human rights abuses reported.

Black Dolphin Prison

USA: Houses Russia's most serious criminals.

Pelican Bay State Prison

USA: Known for its solitary confinement units.

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