Prison social hierarchy
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Prison social hierarchy refers to the social status of prisoners within a correctional facility, and how that status is used to exert power over other inmates. A prisoner's place in the hierarchy is determined by a wide array of factors including previous crimes, access to contraband, affiliation with prison gangs, and physical or sexual domination of other prisoners.[1][2][3][4] Sex offenders are low in the hierarchy and are often the victims of extreme violence in prisons. They are, among the inmates of a prison, considered intolerable.[5] Sacha Darke has studied the social hierarchies that have developed in the 16 police carceragens (holding-cells) in Rio de Janeiro.[6]
References
- ^ James, Michael. "Prison is 'Living Hell' for Pedophiles". ABC News. ABC News. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ Smith, Jim. "Rough justice in the gaolbirds' pecking order". The Independent. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ Hensley, Christopher; Jeremy Wright, Richard Tewksbury, Tammy Castle (September 1, 2003). "The Evolving Nature of Prison Argot and Sexual Hierarchies" (PDF). The Prison Journal. 83 (3): 289–300. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Kloehn, Steve (September 27, 1991). "Prisoners Observe Hierarchy". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ Violence, Sex Offenders, and Corrections. Routledge. 2017. ISBN 9781317393832.
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(help) - ^ Sacha Darke (2018). Conviviality and Survival: Co-Producing Brazilian Prison Order. Springer. p. 199. ISBN 9783319922102.