Understaffed Prisons Fail to Halt Riots in Brazil
By Shannielle Thompson Staff Writer The latest in a series of prison wars in Brazil broke out on January 14
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Prisons
Focus on Prison Conditions: Latin America
Latin America is notorious for its gangs and violence, but more deplorable is the state of its prisons. Starting in the 1990s, human rights groups began monitoring the prison conditions in Latin America and found gruesome details.
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Focus on Prison Conditions: United States
September 9 was the 45th anniversary of the Attica Prison uprising, the largest prison protest in United States’ history.
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