Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Brazilian Prosecutors Want Private Prison Contract Scrapped

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Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday demanded that a multimillion-dollar private prison contract in Amazonas state be axed because of signs of corruption as the government blamed mismanagement for the country's bloodiest prison massacre in decades. Amazonas' accounting court prosecutor, Carlos Almeida, said he found signs of payment irregularities in a contract the state signed with the Pamas consortium to manage all its prisons, including the Anisio Jobim penitentiary, where 56...

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