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Is there a hierarchy of criminal respect in prison?
Here’s what I mean:
In any ‘tribe’ or population, there is always some leader, various assistants, and then the rest of the tribe.
In prison, does the prisoner’s offense govern their place in the tribal hierarchy?
For example, would a multiple murderer have more respect / authority than, say, a bank robber? Would an embezzler get more respect than, say, a car thief?
I have read that rapists and child molesters get the least respect of all and sometimes punished by the prisoners themselves.
What creates tribal leadership in prison?
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