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| Three People Die in Brazil Prison Revolt |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 12/24/2002 |
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Two inmates and one prison officer died during a prison rebellion last Friday in the northeastern city of Salvador. The rebellion in the Mata Escura prison began Friday morning when a group of prisoners armed with guns and knifes overpowered an officer and took a fellow prisoner hostage, police said. It was still going on Friday evening. The rebelling inmates, who were demanding better conditions, killed officer Miriam Teresa Guimaraes, 39. The names of the dead prisoners were not released. Rebellions are almost weekly occurrences in Brazil's chronically overcrowded prisons. |
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