However, because many correctional facilities operate neglectful and poor psychiatric systems, inmates are often displaced in to the wrong units, resulting in violence and other types of abuse among both the prisoners and among the officers and the prisoners. In a civilized society such as ours we infrequently think of the atrocious wrongs that plague our world. Now more then ever we should be concentrating on righting the wrongs mankind does to itself. Living conditions in prisons are beyond comprehension as prisoners live in dark damp cells filled with rats and roaches while also being served stale bread and bad water. Prisoners are beaten, tortured and even killed by not only other prisoners but also by the guards.
Torture is used to interrogate prisoners of war.
In some underdeveloped countries problems such as poor living conditions are brought about by a sever overcrowding. For instance, in Mozambique violation of human rights were due to overcrowding and a lack of food and medical supplies. The African Commission's Special Reporter on Prisons visited Mozambique in December 1997, inspecting seven prisons and three police stations. Found that there was huge problems in overcrowding of prisons and that many more inmates were placed in facilities then that of its capacity. His report states All the cells were extremely overcrowded.