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Arrest Warrants Surpass Prison Vacancies in 18 of Brazil's States
04/30/2018 - 14H35
MARIANA VICK
LAURIBERTO POMPEU
FROM SÃO PAULO
The deficit in terms of Brazil's prison vacancies would grow 164% if everyone with a pending arrest warrant was detained, while the number of Brazilians in prison would exceed the one million mark. The national average of 1.7 detainees per vacancy, would go up to 2.9.
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The lack of vacancies is a symptom of Brazil's overcrowded prisons which, in turn, reflect a country that turns to "mass incarcerations", according to Janaína Homerin, at the Rede Justiça Criminal (Criminal Justice Network).
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2018/04/1966857-arrest-warrants-surpass-prison-vacancies-in-18-of-brazils-states.shtml
Just a matter of time they are counseled by US profiteers to start privatising their prisons for big bucks.