Attempted Prison Break Leaves 21 Dead in Brazil’s Amazon Region
In February the National Council of Justice released a report warning of the risk of a mass escape at the...
April 11, 2018Topic
overcrowding
Goiás Prison Riot Leaves 9 Dead and 14 Wounded in Brazil
The Executive Superintendence of Penitentiary Administration (SEAP) confirmed through a statement released on Monday (January 1st) night that nine prisoners...
January 2, 2018
Human Rights Watch Criticizes Brazil for Prison Violence
Overcrowding in Brazilian prisons and the high number of and extrajudicial killings by police forces contribute to a cycle of...
January 13, 2017
Brazil’s Government to Invest R$1.2 Billion in Prison System
Of the total R$799 million will be earmarked for the construction of new penitentiaries to reduce the current overcrowding in...
December 29, 2016
Brazil Fights Maranhão State Crime Wave
Members of Maranhão state crime gangs jailed at Pedrinhas Penitentiary in São Luís will be transferred to federal prisons after...
January 7, 2014
Brazil Prison Riot Leaves 13 Dead: Daily
A clash between inmates of rival gangs left 13 dead and at least 30 injured on Wednesday evening at Complexo...
October 11, 2013
Carandiru Trial Highlights Prison Crowding
Twenty years after the São Paulo Carandiru Massacre, which killed 111 prisoners, prison overcrowding remains a serious human rights issue...
April 9, 2013
Prison Contracts Cut Despite Overcrowding
Brazil’s Justice Department has decided to terminate 29 contracts to build prisons that never left the drawing board, while prison...
November 29, 2011
Prison Overcrowding Continues
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian government is currently considering a range of options...
June 8, 2010