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Brazil's weekend jail riots
end with one dead, 20 injured
The eight jail riots over the
weekend in Sao Paulo state,
southern Brazil, ended on Sunday
with one dead and 20 others
injured, the authorities said.
Sao Paulo's state government
said in a statement that the
rebellions were over and that 19
hostages had been freed, but did
not provide more details.
At 10:00 a.m. on Sunday (1300
GMT), the San Carlos jail
rebellion ended with the release
of the prisoners' only hostage,
aprison guard.
Prisoners released him after
authorities agreed to transfer
some inmates out of the jail,
built for 60 people but housing
224. The prison was partly
destroyed during the riot.
About 20 guards and inmates
suffered unspecified injuries
after riot police were deployed
to the prisons in Sao Paulo and
Espirito Santo, north of Rio de
Janeiro, reports said.
The local government said on
Saturday that prison personnel
in Franco da Rocha, Suzano,
Parelhieros, Sao Bernando do
Campo, and Sao Carlos were also
attacked by inmates Saturday
afternoon.
The weekend's riots started in
the Araraquara, Itirapinoa and
Mirandopolis jails on Friday
night, while another five began
on Saturday.
Although the latest wave of jail
violence has ended, Sao Paulo
residents remain fearful that
there could be another
simultaneous rebellion across
the state, like May's massive
attack inside prisons, which
terrorized the cities and jails
in the the state, Brazil's
richest and most heavily
populated region.
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