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The Worst US Prisons: Inside America’s Most Dangerous Penal Institutions

"The United States incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than almost any other nation on earth. Within this vast network of correctional facilities lie institutions that have garnered international notoriety for violence, systemic neglect, psychological torture, and crumbling infrastructure. These facilities, ranging from state penitentiaries to federal supermax sites, represent the most extreme failures of the American penal system. To understand what makes a correctional facility one of the "worst" requires looking beyond sensationalized media portrayals. Real evaluation involves analyzing documented human rights abuses, staff-t..."

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