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South American Prison News
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1994, page 18
Brazil: According to the Brazilian Ministry of Justice there are an average of two and a half riots a day in Brazilian prisons and jails. The Brazilian prison crisis became evident on March 15-16, 1994, when the Archbishop of Fortaleza was taken hostage by prisoners, along with 14 other visitors, ...
Filed under:
Organizing,
Prison Rebellion,
Hunger Strikes,
Prisoners-International.
Locations:
Brazil,
Ecuador,
Mexico,
Uruguay.
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