Brazil Prison Riot

• Brazilian inmates riot, take prison guards hostage in Rio de Janeiro prison

  Authorities didn't provide information on any deaths or injuries at the prison, where over 2,000 inmates are crowded into a facility built for less than 900.

  Crime

  Feb 18, 2018
  
• Brazilian official resigns after saying mass prison killings should happen more often

  The Brazilian government's national secretary of youth has resigned after celebrating the deaths of inmates killed in prison uprisings.

  World

  Jan 7, 2017
  
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• 50 inmates dead, several escape after Brazil prison riot

  An unknown number of inmates are reported to have escaped in the chaos.

  Crime

  Jan 2, 2017