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States to Receive Federal Agents for Brazil Prison Crisis

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The government of Roraima state, in Northern Brazil should officially request on Monday (January 9th) that the federal government send in federal security forces to aid in maintaining public order in the state. Last week 33 inmates were brutally killed in one of three riots in Brazilian prisons this year alone.

According to local news some inmates, especially those in a provisional situation at the Monte Cristo facility, are receiving daily death threats and officials fear another riot. The reports also state that the entire city is uneasy about the . . .

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