Prison violence in Sao Paulo
A prisoner in Sao Paulo's Carandiru prison shows his wounds, following a riot at the weekend during which inmates say police massacred hundreds of prisoners. Human rights activists and inmates met yesterday to launch an independent investigation into the violence.
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