Desperate: relatives of inmates at Ecuador’s Litoral Prison wait for news after 118 were killed in violent riots on September 30.
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Gang violence is a serious problem in Latin American society – not just its jails.
Even the most humanely designed prisons have negative effects on the people living and working inside.
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A wealth of research suggests prisons have serious detrimental effects on prisoners and prison workers.
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Legislation designed to bring large business to book should be deployed to bring accountability to the cell block.
HM Prison Bedford, which was the scene of recent violent disturbances.
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Problems in the UK prison system go back decades, if not centuries.
A surge in violence led to six homicides in prison in 2015-16.
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One solution: free those remaining people imprisoned for their own protection.