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140a. Political economy pt. I: The Social Order of the Underworld

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Prison Gangs Control a Lot of Things

In these prisons gangs control almost everything so there are officials there are guards but they are vastly outnumbered by the prisoners and often they shirk their responsibilities. So it means basically that gangs end up picking up the slack on where there could be governance from guards in prison. The violence is very important um i'm not gratuitously making references to violence it's actually a really important part of understanding how prisons work and we'll hear a lot more about it later when we talk about pirates.

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