Prison social hierarchy

Prison social hierarchy refers to the social status of prisoners within a correctional facility, and how that status is used to exert power over other inmates. A prisoner's place in the hierarchy is determined by a wide array of factors including previous crimes, access to contraband, affiliation with prison gangs, and physical or sexual domination of other prisoners.[1][2][3][4] Sex offenders are low in the hierarchy and are often the victims of extreme violence in prisons. They are, among the inmates of a prison, considered intolerable.[5] Sacha Darke has studied the social hierarchies that have developed in the 16 police carceragens (holding-cells) in Rio de Janeiro.[6]

References
  1. James, Michael. "Prison is 'Living Hell' for Pedophiles". ABC News. ABC News. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. Smith, Jim. "Rough justice in the gaolbirds' pecking order". The Independent. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  3. Hensley, Christopher; Jeremy Wright, Richard Tewksbury, Tammy Castle (September 1, 2003). "The Evolving Nature of Prison Argot and Sexual Hierarchies" (PDF). The Prison Journal. 83 (3): 289–300. Retrieved 24 May 2014.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Kloehn, Steve (September 27, 1991). "Prisoners Observe Hierarchy". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  5. Rose Ricciardelli & Dale C. Spencer (2017). Violence, Sex Offenders, and Corrections. Routledge. ISBN 9781317393832.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  6. Sacha Darke (2018). Conviviality and Survival: Co-Producing Brazilian Prison Order. Springer. p. 199. ISBN 9783319922102.
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