Or are 1 in 3 prisoners businessmen unjustly jailed due to corrupt officials?
There are a few criteria:
1) Is the corruption social or economic in nature? ie in India, many years ago, it was impossible for someone from lower castes to become priests. An economic corruption at least has a remote chance of being breached by anyone
2) Is the corruption racial or religious or gender-based? I guess this is better termed "discrimination"
3) Is there a way to join the corrupted? ie if the police force and military are corrupt, is there a way to join them?
There are versions of corruption for which most people are physically unable to rise, and versions of corruption for which a clever few are able to swim with the sharks
[1]: http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/...