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Although prison violence has been studied in developed countries, there is little empirical evidence of the phenomenon in developing countries. This article analyzes violence within Chilean facilities, specifically two of its most common manifestations: inmate-inmate violence and guard-inmate. To do so, this study uses both administrative data from Gendarmeria de Chile as well as survey data from the First Survey on Inmates' Perceptions of Prison Life (Espinoza, Martínez & Sanhueza, 2014). Results show that inmate-inmate violence is more likely to occur in prisons with higher concentrations of young inmates (IRR = 0.786), the proportion of inmates classified with high criminal contagion (IRR = 1.042) and a greater total population (IRR = 1.0008). On the other hand, violence from guard to inmates is more likely to affect men (OR = 3.37) and those who live in private prisons (OR = 1.64); on the contrary, having suffered physical mistreatment from guards is less likely when inmates are visited more often (OR = 0.77), when they knew how to fill out grievances (OR = 0.75), and when inmates had a better perception of prison infrastructure (OR = 0.68). Finally, implications for public policy and new questions are suggested

This introduction to the special issue will ground our understanding of the current state of Black boys and men in America, nearly 2 years after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Each of these articles represents the voices of scholars whose influences add clarity to the experiences and aftermath of traumatic events that threaten the safety and well-being of Black boys and men. Collectively, these articles showcase various research methods; address individual, family, and community issues; and demonstrate how race, gender, and class influence how the assorted levels of society interact with Black males. This special issue is an important contribution to raising awareness of and enacting social change for Black boys and men in our nation.