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 ...

At least 33 inmates are dead following a prison riot in northern Brazil on Friday, according to state officials, the second prison riot in six days. CNN values your feedback 1.

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.