The Brazilian prison system is a scene of a proliferation of cases of torture of prisoners and other violations of fundamental rights, according to entities monitoring conditions throughout the country. …
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Approximately 17,000 people have died in Brazilian prisons over the last ten years, and experts suggest that at least some of these deaths could have been prevented. The number of …
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On Monday morning (23), a 16-year-old teenager shot and killed a fellow student and injured two others at Sapopemba State School in Jardim Sapopemba (eastern São Paulo). The shooter, a …
