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Brazil’s Government to Invest R$1.2 Billion in Prison System
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian federal government announced on Wednesday that it would disburse R$1.2 billion for the...
Brazil Justice Minister Says Prison Laws Need Change
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The recent killings and mass escapes from inside Brazilian prisons has led Brazil’s Justice Minister,...
Prison Riot Leaves 25 Dead in Brazil’s Amazon Region
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Twenty-five prisoners died on Sunday (October 16th) during a riot at the Agricultural Penitentiary of...
Convicted Mensalão Fugitive Brought Back to Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – After almost three years after being convicted of a vote-buying scandal known as mensalão, Henrique...
Inmates and Police Negotiate at Parana Prison in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Military police reported to have restarted its negotiations with rioting inmates in a prison complex...
Opinion: PEC 171 – Age of Criminal Responsibility in Brazil
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon will today focus on Brazilian criminal law. “Boring!” you say, but you are wrong....
Brazil’s Prison Population Grows by 74 Percent in Seven Years
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A survey released on Wednesday, June 3rd, by Brazil’s Secretary General’s office confirmed showed that...
Half of Rio’s Most Wanted Escaped from Prison Leave
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Eight out of Rio de Janeiro's most wanted sixteen criminals had already been arrested...
Opinion: Rattlesnakes!
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Yesterday’s news, perhaps still today’s, is that a rebellion/revolt/riot in a state prison in Cascavel, Paraná,...
Brazil Fights Maranhão State Crime Wave
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Both leaders and members of Maranhão state crime gangs jailed at Pedrinhas Penitentiary in...
Mensalão Prison Sentences Start in Brazil
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Nearly half of the 25 high-ranking politicians and businessmen convicted in Brazil's landmark mensalão...
SP Governor Fights Prison Crime Cell
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - The governor of São Paulo Geraldo Alckmin underlined his intention to create a task...
Carandiru Trial Highlights Prison Crowding
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Over twenty years after the infamous massacre in São Paulo's Carandiru prison, in which a police...
UN Report Criticizes Legal System: Daily
By Leo Byrne, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A UN report released on Thursday criticized Brazil’s legal infrastructure, claiming that it used “excessive...