October 20, 2015
Pernambuco’s Privatized Prisons
![Makeshift “barracos,” or cubicles, inside Pavilion 7 at Presídio Juiz Antônio Luiz L. de Barros (PJALLB), in Recife.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2-pejallb_075.jpg?itok=EsXI3wib)
Among Brazil’s Overpacked Prisons, Pernambuco Tops the List
“Custody Hearings” Improve Due Process, Reduce Prison Overcrowding
High-Profile Cases Highlight Longstanding Problems
During its Consideration of the Third to Fifth Periodic Reports of the United States of America CAT 53rd Session
Protect Free Speech, Right to Protest, Rule of Law
Death, Destruction, and Massive Arrests