Juan E Méndez
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Juan E Méndez is co-chair of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and visiting professor of law at American University – Washington College of Law.

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Ring the Alarm: Brazil's Prison System in Serious Trouble

Posted March 3, 2010 | 09:53:12 (EST)

While many have reported on Brazil's devastating prison conditions, a startling fact is that overcrowding, a main contributor to prison violence, is not being tackled head-on. Brazil's incarceration rate is alarming with as many as 3,000 new prisoners each month.

Even more shocking is that almost 50 percent of...

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