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Brazil Prison Riot Leaves 13 Dead: Daily

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By Stephanie Foden, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A clash between inmates of rival gangs left 13 dead and at least 30 injured on Wednesday evening at Complexo Penitenciário de Pedrinhas in São Luís, capital city of Maranhão...
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Students at the University of São Paulo (USP) mark the start of the trial at their central campus, photo by Marcelo Camargo/ABr.

Carandiru Trial Highlights Prison Crowding

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By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Over twenty years after the infamous massacre in São Paulo's Carandiru prison, in which a police operation to quell a riot left over a hundred prisoners dead, the first of 79...
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