Police in Brazil say 77 inmates are on the run after escaping amid a riot at a jail in the central state of Goias. The authorities say nine prisoners were killed and 14 injured when a group of ...

Vieira is believed to be the Red Command leader in the state of Goias Police in Brazil have arrested a drug lord accused of ordering a deadly prison riot on New Year's Day. Nine inmates were ...

Around 33% of the prison population is made up of pretrial detainees. Along with severe overcrowding and gang violence, riots and breakout attempts in Brazil's prisons are not uncommon.

Former Brazilian Vice-President Hamilton Mourão Tuesday condemned the situation of the people arrested after Sunday's riots in Brasilia. “The indiscriminate detention of more than 1,200 people ...

TASS/. Brazilian metropolitan law enforcement officers have arrested more than 720 people for their participation in Sunday's riots in Brasilia, the press service of the Federal Police reported.