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    12 Real Photos Of Prison In Panama

    Panama's prisons are among the most desperate in the world, with overcrowding at 170% capacity and two-thirds of people still waiting for trial. David, a British citizen, was there for four years and managed to take these photos on a mobile phone.

    1. Unless you have money, you sleep on a concrete floor.

    2. You sleep wherever you can find room - like in the gym.

    3. The toilets are pretty gross.

    4. And the food is well below par.

    5. Sometimes people get shot.

    6. Clean water is a luxury - rain water's your best bet.

    7. There is no privacy.

    8. And there's not a lot of space.

    9. You keep your stuff wherever you can.

    10. Unsanitary conditions = widespread disease.

    11. And the trash just piles up.

    12. Except in rooms like this one, which is nice and trash-free.

    13. Think nobody should have to live in conditions like this?

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    Neither does Jon Snow.