In the Dark
Hidden Abuses Against Detained Youths in Rio de Janeiro  

   Maps

I. Summary

II. Recommendations

III. Juvenile Detention in Rio de Janeiro

IV. The Current Crisis

Acute Staffing Shortages

Idleness and Cell Confinement

Interruptions in Schooling, Vocational Training, and Other Activities

Lengthy Periods of Lockdown

Shortages of Food and Clothing

The Riot That Never Happened

V. Beatings and Collective Punishment

VI.Conditions of Detention

Overcrowding

Living Conditions

VII. The Inadequacy of Current Monitoring Efforts

Impunity

DEGASE’s Inspector General’s Office

The Absence of Monitoring by State Prosecutors

Weak Oversight by the Juvenile Court

The State Public Defender’s Office

The State Council on the Defense of the Child and Adolescent

Acknowledgements

June 2005   Vol. 17, No 2(B)

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