Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO SAYS THE STATE NEEDS ITS OWN ‘GUANTANAMO’, A PRISON ACKNOWLEDGED FOR ITS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, FOR THE IMPRISONMENT OF DRUG DEALERS

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about it here [1]. The governor has also defended the end of conjugal visits for prisoners, remember about it here [find out here]. Also read more about police brutality in Rio de Janeiro here [2]

Jan 03 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS THWARTS EXPERTS FROM TRAVELING TO THE STATE OF CEARÁ TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN PRISONS

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about human rights violations in Brazilian prisons here [1] [2] [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Feb 15 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

NUMBER OF TORTURE REPORTS IN SÃO PAULO STATE’S PRISON SYSTEM IN THE TWO FIRST MONTHS OF 2019 IS ALREADY GREATER THAN IN THE ENTIRE FIRST HALF OF 2018

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
São Paulo

Read more about this episode here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about incarceration in Brazil here [1]

Mar 25 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO SUGGESTS HE DOES NOT WORRY ABOUT KILLED INMATES WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT ALTAMIRA MASSACRE

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about Altamira massacre and the likelihood of prison massacres in Brazil here [1] [2] [3] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Jul 30 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO DEFENDS PUTTING AN END TO CONJUGAL VISITS TO PRISONERS

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about it here [1]

Sep 18 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

NATIONAL MECHANISM FOR THE PREVENTION AND COMBAT OF TORTURE (‘MNPCT’) REVEALS THAT INMATES WERE TORTURED BY PRISON GUARDS AND WERE SUBJECTED TO UNSANITARY LIVING CONDITIONS

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Pará

Read more about this episode here [1], about Altamira massacre [2] and the importance of MNPCT [3]

Sep 25 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

JUSTICE MINISTER PUBLISHES ORDINANCE THAT DISREGARDS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL MECHANISM FOR PREVENTION AND FIGHT AGAINST TORTURE (‘MNPCT’) TO PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE NATIONAL PENITENCIARY FUND

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Decrease of control and/ or centralization of power

Read more about it here [1]

Dec 03 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION POSTS MESSAGE ON SOCIAL NETWORK WISHING THAT TRANSEXUAL INMATE AND PHYSICIAN WHO SHOWED HER SOLIDARITY ‘END UP IN HELL’, AFTER THE BROADCASTING OF A STORY ABOUT THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF TRANSEXUAL INMATES IN BRAZIL IN A POPULAR TV SHOW.

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation, Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about this context here [1]

Mar 09 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

CRIMINAL EXECUTION BODY SUSPENDS ALL VISITS FOR INMATES AND CONTACTS WITH ATTORNEYS IN FEDERAL PRISONS

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about this episode here [1] and about prisons in Brazil during covid-19 crisis [2]

Mar 15 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCES PROVIDE FOR ISOLATION OF PRISONERS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING TAPES ON THE FLOOR IN CELLS TO DIVIDE CONTAMINATED AND UNCONTAMINATED BY COVID-19

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the context of covid-19 in prisons here [1]

Mar 18 2020
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