134 Brazilian prisoners escape in two jailbreaks
11:55, 28 November 2011
RIO DE JANEIRO. November 28. KAZINFORM Some 134 prisoners, including 114 dangerous ones, escaped in two separate jailbreaks in Brazil at the weekend, police officials said Sunday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
A group of 52 prisoners escaped from a police complex in Salvador in the northern state of Bahia on Sunday morning, At least 10 were recaptured later.
In a separate jailbreak, 82 prisoners escaped from a correction facility in Barreiras, a remote area in Bahia, early Saturday during heavy rain.
Brazilian prisons are infamously over-crowded and poor conditions often lead to violent revolts and escape attempts, according to local non-governmental organizations campaigning for better prison conditions; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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