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Brazil to Create Commission Against Organized Crime in Prisons
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Public Security Minister, Raul Jungmann, announced on Friday (July 20th) the creation of...
Brazil Extends Support of Federal Troops in Amazonas Prisons
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Ministry of Justice extended for another 90 days the maintenance of the country’s National...
Brazil’s Armed Forces to Help Secure Prisons Amidst Riots
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The federal government of Brazil announced on Tuesday (January 17th) it was authorizing the armed...
Brazil’s Prisons to Receive Rio 2016 Security Equipment
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian government officials announced on Tuesday, September 20th, that over the next several weeks, prisons...
Rio de Janeiro Offers New Job Training Courses in Prisons
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Government sources report that the prisons managed by the Department of Penitentiary Administration, in partnership...
Number of Women in Brazil Prisons Surges Since 2000
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The number of incarcerated women in Brazil grew by more than 567 percent from 2000...
Overcrowding in Brazilian Prisons May Increase with New Law
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Ministry of Justice released a study on Tuesday showing that Brazil is the country...
UN Envoy Calls for Change in Brazil’s Prisons
By Kate Rintoul, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — In the last week of August, riots broke out in four prisons across Brazil, killing...
Crisis Over Prisons in Brazil Continues
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff defended her government's public safety policies across the nation in...
The Cycle of Brazil’s Prisons
By Amy Skalmusky, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Many of those arrested in the recent operations in Complexo do Alemão and Vila...
Gunmen Attack Haiti National Palace, Panama Shuts Down Embassy
On April 1st, Port-au-Prince witnessed severe violence with armed attacks near the National Palace, injuring five police officers.
Gunmen also set a guard vehicle on...
Ecuador Faces New Wave of Violence
Ecuador is experiencing a surge in violence, with eight people killed in Guayaquil, a city in the southwest, last Saturday.
This event is part of...
Ecuador: Guayaquil Prison Erupts in Protest Against Military
In Ecuador's Guayaquil Regional Prison, inmates ignited a riot, protesting military treatment by setting fires and wielding weapons.
Videos on social media captured the upheaval,...
U.S. Embassy Staff Evacuated Amid Haiti’s Escalating Crisis
As violence by armed gangs escalates in Haiti, the U.S. has begun evacuating some embassy staff and enhancing security.
This move comes as Port-au-Prince faces...