Group’s Firing Is Death Blow to Human Rights in Brazil
The decision earlier this week by Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro, of exonerating the entire team of the National Mechanism to...
June 13, 2019Topic
prisons
Inmate Deaths Due to Disease Up by 114 Percent in Rio Since 2010
The deaths of inmates in Rio de Janeiro state due to diseases acquired during incarceration, increased by 114 percent between...
April 22, 2019
Violence Spills to Streets in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Norte
Buses were burned and police station attacked as retaliation for the transfer of inmates from Alcaçuz Penitentiary.
January 19, 2017
Natal State Prison Riot in Brazil Leaves at Least 10 Dead
Police storm prison in Natal Sunday morning after a 13-hour standoff which has left at least ten dead and dozens...
January 15, 2017
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
Amazonas Prison Director Removed for Corruption in Brazil
Report shows inmates had told the state court that prison officials were bribed to allow weapons, drugs and cellular phones...
January 11, 2017
States to Receive Federal Agents for Brazil Prison Crisis
Roraima to be the fourth state to request federal security forces in their prison system after more than 100 inmates...
January 9, 2017
Opinion: Rio’s Evil Export
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The year 2016 ended in a flurry of mostly natural deaths...
January 6, 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