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Nineteen Killed in Brazilian Prison Rebellion
Loaded on July 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2001, page 8
On Feb. 19, 2001, Brazilian authorities said they had regained control of 29 prisons in Sao Paulo state where some 25,000 prisoners had taken some 7,000 hostages in an apparently coordinated rebellion during the Sunday visiting day on Feb. 18. Some of the hostages were guards, but most were family ...
Filed under:
Gang Policies,
Prison Rebellion,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Prisoners-International.
Location:
Brazil.
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