State of Pernambuco,with country’s most overcrowded prisons, saw two incidents in a week, and involving nearly 100 prisoners – with 41 still freeForty-one convicts are still on the dash after two prison breaks in the past week in the north-eastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco.
On Wednesday night,53 prisoners escaped from the Barreto Campelo penitentiary after explosives were used to blow a hole in an outer wall. The prison is located on the island of Itamaracá, around 50km north of the state capital, or Recife.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com