What Prison Cells Look Like Around The World

More and more people are being sent behind bars. According to the Institute for Criminal Policy Research, over 10.35 million individuals are being held in penal institutions throughout the world, either as pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners or having been convicted and sentenced.

In comparison to the year 2000, the total number of women serving time has increased by about 50% while the male prison population has grown by about 18%. But prison inmates rates vary considerably all around the globe. For instance, the United States has 698 inmates for every 100,000 citizens while Denmark has 61. And there are more differences, too. Inmates in one place might have access to musical instruments and video games but might be fighting over a roll of toilet paper in another.

Bored Panda has collected photos of prison cells from all over the world to show how different countries treat their criminals, and the contrast is eye-opening. The prison cells in this list vary from low security to max security, from famous prisons such as San Quentin and the Black Dolphin prison in Russia to lesser known ones, and while they can't be all compared directly, it gives us a pretty good sense of how different countries deal with criminals. It might be due to economic reasons or the way societies value life, but if you found the information above a bit grey, the images below will grab everyone's attention.

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