Justice is done: the guards are gone, the prisoners are in charge

The San Pedro prison in Bolivia has no guards or cells. Prisoners, on the other hand, are largely left to their own devices, forming their own “councils” and determining their own sentences.

At the prison, which houses some 3,000 “dangerous” prisoners, bIn a few cases, the families of criminals also live in prison because their wives and children are said to be safer inside than on the streets.

In 2013, it was reported that a 12-year-old girl in prison was sexually assaulted by a group of men and became pregnant.

The most common punishment for child rapists and molesters is stabbing, reportedly dealt with by a brutal “zero tolerance” policy.

HORRIBLE POOL WHERE EXECUTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT

According to author Rusty Young, when a sex offender arrives at prison, a lynch mob forms and leads him down the hall.

There are three ways to kill the culprit: electricity, stabbing, or beating.

However, the prison also features a gruesome swimming pool which is used by the inmates in various executions such as drowning criminals.

After bribing him into prison, Young lived there for four months before publishing “Marching Powder,” which tells the story of convicted British small-time drug lord Thomas McFadden.

It also opened the door to the drug trafficking business that is rampaging in San Pedro.

McFadden made a living giving prison tours to backpackers, but they were all banned after it was revealed that the tourists were also buying cocaine from the “prison factory.”

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME FROM OUTSIDE

Prisoners are left buying or renting their cells, giving each one a rating of zero to 5.5 stars.

If a prisoner cannot afford a room, they risk death, as temperatures in the city drop dangerously low due to the location.

Although it looks like other prisons on the outside, the inside is quite different, with barbershops, restaurants, schools, churches, and a few small businesses. The cells have no guards or metal bars, and inmates have to work inside the prison to pay for their own cells.

Jobs available include carpentry, laundry services, and options like shoe shine. even ifThere are rumors that the miners are also bribing inmates to live in prison.