Prison holds to a hierarchal system as well. In prison, the guards are in the highest class, but they are submissive to the judge in the court hierarchy (Myers 14).
Gangs are the subsequent power group below the guards.
The individual is once again in the lowest class in the hierarchal system, having absolutely no power or rights in that given system.
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The guards consider Steven to be guilty because he is in jail and they treat him as a convicted felon. Their status allows them to do so.
Violence and pain are inflected on fellow prisoners through gang beatings and raping. Strength is once again in numbers, but no justice or policing is applied to the gangs in the prison.
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