The Brazilian government is struggling to manage the country's growing security crisis after the killing of at least 89 inmates in two prison riots within a week.
A riot broke out Friday morning at the Monte Cristo penitentiary in the northern state of Roraima, when inmates from one drug gang broke the locks on their cells and invaded a wingRead more
A Brazilian prison riot, the second riot within a week, has left at least 33 prisoners dead, a justice said on Friday.
The riot broke out Friday morning at the Monte Cristo penitentiary in the northern state of Roraima, when inmates from one drugs gang broke the locks on their cells and invaded a wing housing prisoners from a rivalRead more
At last 33 inmates have been killed in a new prison riot in the Amazon region of Brazil, officials said on Friday, just five days after 56 inmates were slaughtered in the country’s worst prison massacre in more than two decades.
Few details were available about the latest uprising early on Friday in Roraima state’s largest penitentiary, where a fightRead more