World's scariest prisons

By Emma Carlson Berne

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Imprisonment, Prisoners, Prisons, History, Buildings, juvenile literature

Description: Examines twenty prisons from around the world and includes descriptions of living conditions, information on famous prisoners, and facts about when the prisons were in operation and what types of prisoners were held at each facility. Explore the most terrifying prisons of all time, from the Roman Coliseum to the Bastille and the Tower of London to Alcatraz. Each prison receives its own photo-intensive overview as well as a sidebar, a break-out fact box, and a quote.