Brazil Justice Minister Says Prison Laws Need Change
According to Alexandre Moraes Brazil 'historically incarcerates a great deal of people, but incarcerates them badly'.
October 19, 2016Topic
prisons
Brazil’s Prisons to Receive Rio 2016 Security Equipment
Over the next several weeks, Brazil’s prisons will begin receiving the new security equipment used during the recently completed Rio...
September 22, 2016
Number of Women in Brazil Prisons Surges Since 2000
According to a government study, the number of incarcerated women in Brazil grew by more than 567 percent from 2000...
November 5, 2015
Brazil’s Prison Population Grows by 74 Percent in Seven Years
Brazil today has the fourth largest prison population in the world and overcrowding is the rule and not the exception.
June 3, 2015
UN Envoy Calls for Change in Brazil’s Prisons
Extreme violence conducted by criminal gangs inside jails highlights problems with Brazil’s penal system.
September 2, 2014
Mensalão Prison Sentences Start in Brazil
Nearly half of the 25 high-ranking politicians and businessmen convicted in Brazil's landmark mensalão trial started serving their prison sentences...
November 19, 2013
SP Governor Fights Prison Crime Cell
São Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin is creating a task force dedicated to investigating the Primeiro Comando da Capital, the country's...
October 15, 2013
UN Report Criticizes Legal System: Daily
A UN report released criticized Brazil’s legal infrastructure, claiming that it used “excessive use of deprivation of liberty” as punishment...
March 30, 2013
Brazil to Open First Public-Private Prison
A prison in Minas Gerais will be the country’s first public-private partnership (PPP) jail when inaugurated in January.
December 18, 2012