Title: Prison violence - Wikipedia
Headings: Prison violence
Prison violence
Contents
Acts of violence
Causes of violence
Indirect supervision
Direct supervision
Overcrowding
Staffing levels
Weapons used
Weapon creation
Security threat groups
Violence against prison guards
Violence prevention measures
Supermax facilities
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Content: Contents
1 Acts of violence
2 Causes of violence
2.1 Indirect supervision
2.2 Direct supervision
2.3 Overcrowding
2.4 Staffing levels
3 Weapons used
4 Weapon creation
5 Security threat groups
6 Violence against prison guards
7 Violence prevention measures
7.1 Supermax facilities
8 See also
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
Acts of violence
Prison violence is inflicted onto either another inmate, a prison guard, or is self-inflicted. In 1999, it was reported that one in five inmates, or twenty percent of inmates, at fourteen state prisons had been physically assaulted by another inmate. Prison violence can consist of inmates fighting with their fists, homemade weapons, or being raped. The attacks that are implemented onto anyone but the self are either instrumental or expressive. Instrumental violence is premeditated; it is planned out, calculated, and then implemented. More commonly executed by males, this act typically establishes power and is, “…justified and rationalized by the inmate population by creating peer admiration, fear, protection…”. Typically, surviving in prison involves establishing strength and power, which is why instrumental violence is so commonly used. Expressive violence is a spontaneous attack typically carried out by women. In this tactic, the attacker lashes out suddenly due to intense feelings of danger, fear, anger or resentment, resulting in the sudden jump into action.