ZATVORI KAO INKUBATORI NASILJA
PRISONS AS INCUBATORS OF VIOLENCE

Summary/Abstract: Although the conditions in prison are trying to approach the conditions in freedom, prisons are still an artificial creation that encourages the violence of prisoners during their prison sentence. Violence is a tool in prison that is a feature of both the formal and informal systems. Formal because it still serves as a means of disciplining and punishing individual prisoners, while with the informal system it serves as a means of advancement in the prison pyramid and the rule of the stronger law. Both systems support violence. Among prisoners, violence is a normal phenomenon, and often fort heir own safety some prisoners pay other prisoners to protect them from other individuals or informal groups. In this paper, we will point out the relationship between the formal and informal prison system, and how much the psychological atmosphere in the prison affects the occurrence of violence.

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