The riot at the Monte Cristo Agricultural Penitentiary in Boa Vista, Roraima, which broke out at dawn, was reportedly a reaction to the prison uprising and death of around 60 people in the Amazon ...

As that riot was being quelled, four inmates were killed January 2 at the Prison Unit of Puraquequara in Manaus. In the neighboring Roraima state, 33 people were killed January 6 at the ...

At least 33 inmates were killed early Friday, according to officials. The riot follows on the heels of a massacre at a different prison last weekend, in which at least 56 prisoners died.