Brazil jail riot 'leaves more than 50 dead'

[muriel_volestrangler]

At least 52 people have been killed in a prison riot in Brazil which saw rival gangs battle for five hours, officials say.

Gang members from one prison block invaded another part of Altamira jail in Pará state, local media reported.

Officials giving a news conference said 16 of the dead were decapitated. Other reports said part of the prison was set on fire, suffocating many.
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The prison in Altamira where Monday's violence broke out has a capacity of 200, but was occupied by 311 prisoners, Brazilian news outlet G1 said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49157858

[marble falls]

1. A disturbing and all too frequent event in Brazil.

[Judi Lynn]

2. The problems which instigate open warfare confront everyone entering a prison.

From the article:

Overcrowding makes it hard for prison authorities to keep rival factions separate. It also raises tensions inside the cells, with inmates competing for limited resources such as mattresses and food.

Upon arrival they fight for survival.

How that benefits the society is a mystery. The ones who survive long enough to actually leave standing or sitting upright at the end of their sentences undoubtedly come out wildly angry at the deadly punishment many of them are getting for crimes of far less destructiveness.

The prisons have been pure hell there for so long, they have been notorious all over the world.

It's long past time for total reformation by the time they are so rabid they start beheading other beings.