Some prisons use devices such as shackles and leg irons along with many other things that make even walking a arduous task. The conditions that prisoners encounter is unacceptable. There are international laws against these crimes against humanity in prisons, but few prisons around the world follow all the rules and some do not follow any of them. Until the prisons follow these rules, inmates will continue to be tortured, beaten and killed daily. Prison violence in the U.S is growing year after year.
Prisoners face physical, mental and emotional abuse.
They are subject to harsh disciplinary sanctions, horrible living conditions, and barely adequate health care. Most people want to believe that America is above such intolerable treatment of inmates, but the cold, hard facts are that a growing percentage of the population are living in such conditions. The United States incarcerated a larger percentage of its population than any other country with the exception of Russia and Rwanda. According to the Human Rights Watch, six hundred and forty five of every one hundred thousand citizens were in prison in 1998. This is a staggering number when one takes into account the amount of people living in America.