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São Paulo starts using anti-drone weapon to prevent aerial deliveries to prisons
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The weapon is large. It weighs about 12 kilos, and it looks like the stuff of sci-fi movies. But...
Twenty-three torture cases identified in Bolivia prisons
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least 23 cases of torture within Bolivian prisons have been identified between May and October by the Service...
Ecuador government asserts that the country’s prisons are “under control”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador's Minister of Government, Alexandra Vela, together with the general commander of the Police, Tannya Varela, have assured that...
Uruguay studies possibility of allowing legal marijuana into prisons
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Daniel Radio, secretary-general of the National Drug Board (JND), the presidential agency responsible for implementing drug policies in Uruguay,...
ICRC supports vaccination of more than 20,600 people in Honduran prisons
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) supports the vaccination campaign against covid-19 in prisons in Honduras, where...
Crowded Prisons: Brazilian Magistrates Review Recidivism Rules for Petty Crimes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In São Paulo, a young man was sentenced to four months in prison for stealing chocolates from a convenience...
Brazil’s Federal Prisons Host Its Most Deadly Organized Drug Gang Members
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bonde dos Cachorros is not a funk group, Amigos do Estado is not an NGO that partners with the...
Covid-19 Deaths in São Paulo’s Prisons Increase 69 Percent in 12 Days
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The number of deaths in São Paulo's penitentiary system has risen from 13 to 22 due to Covid-19 in...
Family Minister Wants to Stop Intimate Visits in Brazil’s Prisons
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The minister further said that she will encourage denunciations of wage inequality.
The Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights,...
Opposition Deputies Denounce Brazil at UN for Torture in Pará State Prisons
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The ten federal deputies from the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) in the Chamber signed on Tuesday, October 15th,...
Overcrowding: Federal District Prisons Hold More Than Double the Maximum Capacity
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With maximum capacity to accommodate 7,395 prisoners, the prison system of the Federal District (DF) holds 16,766 detainees. The...
Transgender Women Inmates Must Stay in Female Prisons, Decides STF Justice Barroso
By Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Luis Roberto Barroso decided, on Wednesday, June 26th, that transgender women prisoners...
Another 42 Inmates Dead After Gang Fights in Brazil Prisons
By Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian officials say 42 inmates were found dead at three prisons because of violent clashes among rival...
In-Depth: Bolsonaro Targets Deadly Gangs Run From Brazil’s Prisons
By Gabriel Stargardter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Before Brazilian prosecutors could conduct an inspection last year of the prison considered the country's worst, its...