Name(s):
Penal malpractice
Corruption in the prison service
Criminal activity within prisons
Abusive prison detention
Bribery of prison officers
Intimidation of prisoners
Blackmail of prisoners
Prison scandals
Misuse of powers of detention
Illegal detention
Incidence
In Mexico two convicted drug traffickers had bribed prison officials to allow them to turn the cell-blocks into virtual villas where they continued their drug-trafficking operations and lived in luxury together with bodyguards and relatives.