Fearing He Would Flee, Police in Brazil Arrest Jair Bolsonaro

The arrest came days before the former president was expected to be ordered to begin a 27-year prison sentence for staging a ...
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Brazil's top court gives former president Bolsonaro 27 years in prison for coup attempt

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison on Thursday after convicting him of ...
The Washington Post

Riots Point to Overcrowding in Brazil's Prisons

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Twenty prisoners are often stacked in a cell designed for five. Inmates, who on paper have a right to trial within 81 days, routinely stew in prison for six or seven months, ...
The Texas Observer

A Brazilian Carpenter’s 51-Day Detention Journey from Vermont to Texas

Editor’s Note: This story was produced by Agência Pública (Brazil). You can read the original version here. It was late afternoon on June 17 in Newport, Vermont ...