ANCHIETA, Brazil--After more than 75 years ... Based on his memoir and other sources, prison life was horrific. Prison guards repeatedly tortured the prisoners. Fusatoshi and other members ...

Some of the women here are serving life sentences and have committed ... But the situation of Campos also reflects wider problems in Brazil's prison system. Experts say women are often caught ...

Riots are common in Brazilian prisons, which are notoriously overcrowded. Brazil has one of the largest prison populations in the world. The country's jails are largely controlled by powerful ...

Gang Fight Erupts in Brazil Prison, Scores Dead A 17-hour riot at a Brazilian prison between gangs fighting for control of drug sales resulted in scores of deaths and a manhunt for escapees.

"Now, we're seeing more arrests and prison sentences." The rise in prosecutions aligns with broader societal changes in Brazil. Once considered relatively free of racial tension, the country has ...

illustrates a mounting willingness in Brazil and across much of the world to criminalize racist speech and jail those who use it. In recent years, South Africa sent its first person to prison for ...

Brazil has the world's third-largest prison population after the United States and China, with 726,354 inmates as of June 2017, according to the latest official statistics released this month.

The use of animals to serve humanity is nothing new. However, prison authorities near Florianopolis in Brazil have implemented an out-of-the-ordinary approach involving geese. In the State ...

There are about 40,000 women behind bars in Brazil, a country that has the ... The Covid-19 pandemic has made reentry and life after prison even harder. Women released from prison face a number ...

despite the fact that the former leader is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence for graft. Why Brazil’s Lula is still so popular Brazil’s ex-president Lula loses bribery appeal Jair ...

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Thursday handed down prison sentences to three defendants involved in the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia during which the headquarters of the country's three ...