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“Sisters-In-Law” of Brazilian Prisoners Going Viral on TikTok

Article • April 26, 2024

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Prisoner Media, Internet

“Sisters-In-Law” of Brazilian Prisoners Going Viral on TikTok by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The wives and girlfriends of some 8,500 Brazilian prisoners are finding fame and fortune with “sister-in-law” videos that have gone viral on the TikTok social media app. The videos offer a window into the …

Innovative Brazilian Prison Claims “Here the Man Enters, the Crime Stays Outside”

Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023

Filed under: Rural Prisons

Innovative Brazilian Prison Claims “Here the Man Enters, the Crime Stays Outside” by Though Brazil’s incarceration rate is just two-thirds that in the U.S., the South American country’s prisons offer plenty of misery to those incarcerated there. Which makes the boast of a Christian nonprofit running a few dozen Brazilian …

COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Unrest in Prisons Around the Globe

Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Access, Visiting

COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Unrest in Prisons Around the Globe by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The COVID-19 pandemic, or rather government officials’ inept reaction to the pandemic, has led to unrest in prisons around the world—especially in South America and the Middle East. This has resulted in the escape …

Military-Style Attack on Brazilian Prison Kills 20 Prisoners, One Guard

Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Prison/Jail Murders, Escapes

Military-Style Attack on Brazilian Prison Kills 20 Prisoners, One Guard by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On April 10, 2018, a group of gunmen attacked the Santa Izabel Prison Complex near the northern Brazilian city of Belem. The state security service said 21 people were killed in the military-style assault …

News in Brief

Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alaska: On January 17, 2018, a 43-man riot flared and quickly dissipated on the yard of the maximum-security Spring Creek Correctional Center, leaving five prisoners with injuries and resulting in a facility-wide lockdown. Alaska Department of Corrections spokeswoman Megan Edge said guards deployed pepper spray when …

Institute for Criminal Policy Research - World Prison Population List, 2018

Publication • January 1, 2018

Filed under: Statistics/Trends

Institute for Criminal Policy Research - World Prison Population List, 2018 World Prison Population List twelfth edition Roy Walmsley Introduction This twelfth edition of the World Prison Population List gives details of the number of prisoners held in 223 prison systems in independent countries and dependent territories. It shows the …

News in Brief

Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: A guard who worked as a materials handling supervisor at FCI-Aliceville was arrested on April 21, 2017, charged with bribery and making false statements after he was accused of smuggling contraband such as tobacco into the facility in exchange for cash bribes. Prosecutors said Eric …

Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World, by Baz Dreisinger

Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017

Filed under: Private Prisons, Commentary/Reviews, International

Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World, by Baz Dreisinger by Matthew Clarke book review by Matt Clarke Incarceration Nations by Baz Dreisinger (Other Press, 2016). 325 pages, $19.00 (hardcover). When John Jay College of Criminal Justice Professor Baz Dreisinger began her two-year pilgrimage to prisons …

Brazilian Prisoners Receive Mind-altering Drugs to Modify their Behavior

Article • December 8, 2016

Filed under: Prisoner Privileges, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Sex Offender Treatment, Religious Diet, Religion and Medicine/Public Health

Brazilian Prisoners Receive Mind-altering Drugs to Modify their Behavior by Derek Gilna In a controversial move, Brazilian prisoners convicted of murder and rape have been allowed to take a drug called dimethyltryptamine (DMT), in a drink known as Ayahuasca, as part of a spiritual rehabilitation program. Generally ingested in a …

News in Brief

Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. called Chris Miles, the former assistant police chief for the town of Tallassee, Alabama, a “maverick” when Miles was sentenced on March 25, 2016 for beating a suspect during an interrogation, making false statements to the FBI and selling …

Human Rights in Brazil, Network for Social Justice and Human Rights, 2008

Publication • August 3, 2016

Filed under: Statistics/Trends, International

Human Rights in Brazil, Network for Social Justice and Human Rights, 2008 Human Rights in Brazil 2008 A Report by Network for Social Justice and Human Rights Human Rights in Brazil 2008 A Report by the Network for Social Justice and Human Rights Edited by: Evanize Sydow e Maria Luisa …

Human Rights in Brazil, Network for Social Justice and Human Rights, 2007

Publication • July 28, 2016

Filed under: Statistics/Trends, International

Human Rights in Brazil, Network for Social Justice and Human Rights, 2007 Human Rights in Brazil 2007 A Report by Network for Social Justice and Human Rights Human Rights in Brazil 2007 A Report by the Network for Social Justice and Human Rights Edited by: Evanize Sydow e Maria Luisa …

The Brookings Institution - Inside Out The Challenge of Prison-Based Criminal Organizations, Lessing, 2016

Publication • 2016

Filed under: Prison Gangs

The Brookings Institution - Inside Out The Challenge of Prison-Based Criminal Organizations, Lessing, 2016 Local Orders Paper Series BROOKINGS PAPER 3 | September 2016 Inside Out: The Challenge of Prison-Based Criminal Organizations BENJAMIN LESSING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This paper is part of the Brookings seminar, “Reconstituting Local Orders.” The seminar is directed …

News in Brief

Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Arizona: On October 28, 2015, Maricopa County youth detention guard Patrice Dawson was arrested on felony charges of sexual misconduct. Dawson, who supervised juvenile offenders, was accused of having sexual relations with an underage prisoner; she was fired from the department after confessing to the relationship. …

News in Brief

Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alaska: Two prisoners walked away from the GEO Group-operated minimum-security Northstar Center, a transitional living facility near Fairbanks, in separate incidents on October 2, 2015. Steven David Luten, 30, absconded at around 11:00 a.m. but was tracked by his footprints in the snow and recaptured nearby. …

Prison: America’s Most Vile Export?

Article • October 28, 2015

Filed under: Prison Reform, Statistics/Trends, Cost of Prison Systems, Conditions of Confinement, Lockdowns, Prisoners-International, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Prison: America’s Most Vile Export? by Baz Dreisinger Prison: America’s Most Vile Export? The U.S. incarceration problem is now the world’s to solve. by Baz Dreisinger Behind the bars of a prison in Brazil, the federal agent on duty sidled up to me. “You’re getting a good report, yes?” he …

Report Says Prison Privatization Expanding Internationally

Article • October 16, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, G4S/Group 4, International, Immigration

Report Says Prison Privatization Expanding Internationally by Joe Watson A recent report from The Sentencing Project, based in Washington, D.C., concludes that the mass-privatization of American prisons has encouraged, not deterred, many countries—including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Brazil—to hand over the responsibility of its prisoners to for-profit companies. …

Prison Privatization in Brazil Follows US Model

Article • September 16, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons

Prison Privatization in Brazil Follows US Model by Santiago Navarro F.   By Santiago Navarro F. and Renata Bessi and Translated by Clayton Conn, Truthout Between 1992 and 2013, the prison population in Brazil increased by more than 400 percent, compared with a 36 percent population growth over the same period, …

Prison Violence in Brazil Connected to Abuse, Gangs, Overcrowding

Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015

Filed under: Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), International, Prisoners-International

Prison Violence in Brazil Connected to Abuse, Gangs, Overcrowding by Prison Violence in Brazil Connected to Abuse, Gangs, Overcrowding A wave of riots and killings is sweeping inside and outside prisons in Brazil, but authorities and observers differ on whether the violence is the fault of rival gangs competing for …

Guilty Brazilian Prison Guards Finally Convicted in 1992 Jail Massacre

Article • January 14, 2015

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Shootings, Prisoners-International, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

Guilty Brazilian Prison Guards Finally Convicted in 1992 Jail Massacre by Derek Gilna Guilty Brazilian Prison Guards Finally Convicted in 1992 Jail Massacre by Derek Gilna Justice was slow in coming for the families and friends of some of the 111 Brazilian prisoners at now-demolished Sao Paulo Carandiru prison who …