Conviviality and Survival
Brazilian authorities continuously fail to comply with international norms on minimal conditions of incarceration. Brazil''s prison population has risen ten-fold since the country''s return to democracy in the 1980s. Its prisons typically operate at double official capacity and with 100 prisoners for each guard on duty. At the same time, however, the average Brazilian prison is not as disorderly o...
Brazilian authorities continuously fail to comply with international norms on minimal conditions of incarceration. Brazil''s prison population has risen ten-fold since the country''s return to democracy in the 1980s. Its prisons typically operate at double official capacity and with 100 prisoners for each guard on duty. At the same time, however, the average Brazilian prison is not as disorderly o...
