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News in Brief

Loaded on May 6, 2015 published in Prison Legal News May, 2015, page 63
Filed under: News in Brief. Location: United States of America.

News in Brief

Brazil: A prison guard was suspended after 13 felony offenders escaped the Rio Grande prison through a tunnel on August 17, 2014, recorded the escape on a cell phone and posted the video online. In a nation struggling with government corruption, it is alleged that the ...

 

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