Brazil prison gangs
Organized crimes
Organized crime-criminal activity carried out by an organized group
An example can be gangs running there prisons for example in foreign countries.
Pascoal Ramos penitentiary in Cuiabe, Brazil
- The pascoal penitentiary is approximately 980 miles northwest of Rio De Janeiro
- In forgein prisons rebellions are almost daily
- In the pascoal prison two groups were vying to control the drug trade
- This resulted in 13 dead and 13 wounded
- No police were involved in the killing
- 100 riot troops were sent in to control this riot
- When they searched the prison after the riot they found two revolvers and 350 packs of cocaine and marijuana
- The prison conditions are poor and overcrowding chronic
Affect on family
- Causes grieve
- Pain
- Emotional and mental pain
- Hard times
- Expenses (e.x. Hospital bills,funerals)