Brazil
Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
Brazil: Congress overturns Lula’s veto, ends temporary prisoner releases
In a significant defeat for Lula, Brazil’s National Congress decisively voted on Tuesday to end temporary prisoner releases. These releases previously allowed prisoners to visit families or engage in social activities. Initially reinstated by a veto from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Con…
Brazil: destacan la alta escolaridad formal en las cárceles de la región
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Brasil: Pelea en una cárcel causa cinco muertos y 18 heridos
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Brasil: Visita del órgano de prevención de la tortura de la ONU para reforzar el mecanismo nacional de prevención de la tortura
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Brasil: Xuxa propuso que se prueben vacunas y medicamentos en presos “que al menos sirvan para algo”
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Brazil : La pandemia de coronavirus sigue avanzando en las cárceles ante la desesperación de los familiares
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Brazil: COVID-19 breeds fear and calls for change
Carolina, a Brazilian mother, hasn’t heard anything from her jailed son since March when authorities banned prison visits due to the coronavirus outbreak and she is scared. As COVID-19 deaths rise in Brazil’s violent and overcrowded jails, activists have called for tens of thousands of prisoners to…Brazil: inmates protest suspension of visits
A riot broke out Saturday at a prison in the city of Manaus in Brazil’s Amazon state, as inmates protested the suspension of all visits to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The inmates at the Puraquequara facility held prison guards hostage for more than five hours before authorities brought t…Brazil: Covid-19 massacre imminent
Open and poorly treated wounds, food waste on the cell floor, rat faeces, little ventilation, water rationing, insects everywhere. While some inmates do not even get up from their beds, such is their weak state of health, others are stuck in wheelchairs. To wash one’s body or one’s hands or clean a…Brazil: évasions en masse de détenus suite aux mesures anti-coronavirus
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Brazil: el Supremo anula el ingreso en prisión tras la sentencia en segunda instancia
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Brazil: el escándalo de torturas que Bolsonaro considera una “tontería” y Moro, “un “malentendido”
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Brazil: Lula préfère la prison à un aménagement de peine
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Brazil: violencia salvaje en el infierno de las cárceles
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Brazil: "les prisons sont devenues stratégiques pour l’organisation du trafic de drogues"
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Brazil: 55 inmates killed in spate of prison riots
Fifty-five inmates have died in gang-related riots at four prisons in western Brazil, according to authorities. Fifteen prisoners were found dead Sunday and 40 more Monday in the city of Manaus, the capital of the state of Amazonas, the region’s Governor Wilson Lima said.Brazil: la Fashion Week entre en prison à Sao Paulo
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Brazil’s prison gangs are launching massive terrorism attacks. This explains why
Just one day after his inauguration, Brazil’s right-wing populist President Jair Bolsonaro faced his first public-security crisis. On Jan. 2, prison gangs launched a terrorism campaign throughout Ceara state, paralyzing the capital city, Fortaleza. Although he has deployed federal troops, violence…