Brazil’s Pioneering Stance: A New Era for Latin American Jails
Brazil's Supreme Court has set a deadline: six months to revamp the country's unconstitutional prison system.
October 5, 2023Topic
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In Ecuador, inmates have captured 57 security staff across six prisons
In Ecuador, inmates have captured 57 security staff across six prisons. The National Service for Offender Attention (SNAI) made this...
September 1, 2023
Ecuador, the tiny country that wants to be a retiree’s paradise, but where deadly prison riots are commonplace
This is almost a bad joke, or misinformation, to use a more modern word, given the rampant violence in local...
October 6, 2022
Brazil Has World’s Third Largest Prison Population
The number of prison beds has not increased in the same proportion, with 89 percent of the country’s prison population...
December 11, 2017 Inmates and Police Negotiate at Parana Prison in Brazil
Rebellion at prison complex in Southern Brazil enters its 20th hour without clear demands from inmates.
October 7, 2015 Overcrowding in Brazilian Prisons May Increase with New Law
If bill on the reduction of the criminal responsibility age passes the situation could deteriorate further, warns government.
June 24, 2015
Half of Rio’s Most Wanted Escaped from Prison Leave
Eight out of Rio de Janeiro's most wanted sixteen criminals had already been arrested by the police and sentenced to...
May 15, 2015