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  2. Unethical practices in prisons

Unethical practices in prisons

  • Penal malpractice
  • Corruption in the prison service
  • Criminal activity within prisons
  • Abusive prison detention
  • Bribery of prison officers
  • Intimidation of prisoners
  • Blackmail of prisoners
  • Prison scandals
  • Misuse of powers of detention
  • Illegal detention

Incidence

In Mexico two convicted drug traffickers had bribed prison officials to allow them to turn the cell-blocks into virtual villas where they continued their drug-trafficking operations and lived in luxury together with bodyguards and relatives.

Broader

Imprisonment
Excellent

Narrower

Prison deaths
Presentable
Wrongful detention
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Related

Strategy

Intimidating
Yet to rate
Detaining
Yet to rate

Value

Unethical
Yet to rate
Bribery
Yet to rate
Malpractice
Yet to rate
Intimidation
Yet to rate
Scandal
Yet to rate
Abuse
Yet to rate
Crime
Yet to rate
Corruption
Yet to rate
Illegality
Yet to rate
Detention
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #1: No PovertySustainable Development Goal #13: Climate ActionSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Action » Action
  • Government » Nation state » Nation state
  • Innovative change » Change
  • Law » Legality
  • Social activity » Services
  • Societal problems » Corruption
  • Societal problems » Crime
  • Societal problems » Detention
  • Societal problems » Maltreatment
  • Societal problems » Punishment
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D9414
    DOCID
    11494140
    D7NID
    148837
    Last update
    May 20, 2022