2019 Brazil prison riots
Criminal gang conflicts in Brazil
2019 Brazil prison riots | |
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Part of Spillover of the Venezuelan crisis | |
Date | May 26, 2019-July 29, 2019 |
Attack type | Prison riots |
Deaths | 112 |
Prison riots in Brazil that began on May 26, 2019, resulted in the deaths of at least 112 people as of July 29, 2019. The riots occurred at several prisons in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas. Rival factions of the illicit Brazilian drug trade were responsible for the fighting.[1]
Prisons
May
- Anísio Jobim penitentiary center, Manaus, 15 killed on May 26,[2] 4 killed on May 27.[3]
- Antonio Trindade penal institute, 25 killed on May 27.[3]
- Puraquequara jail, 6 killed on May 27.[3]
- Provisional Detention Centre for Men, 5 killed on May 27.[3]
July
- 2019 Altamira prison riot: Altamira jail, Pará, at least 57 inmates killed, including sixteen who were beheaded, during five-hours of rioting between rival gangs on 29 July.[4]
See also
- 2017 Brazil prison riots
References
- ^ Dominguez, Claudia; Darlington, Shasta (28 May 2019). "55 inmates killed in spate of prison riots in Brazil". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ Londoño, Ernesto (29 May 2019). "Prison Fighting Leaves at Least 55 Dead in Northern Brazil". New York Times. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Brazil jail violence: Forty killed in Manaus prisons". BBC.com. BBC. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Brazil jail riot in Para state leaves 52 dead as gangs fight". BBC News. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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Prison riots and uprisings
- 1804 Castle Hill convict rebellion
- 1830 Bathurst Rebellion
- 1846 Cooking Pot Uprising
- 1943 Featherston prisoner of war camp riot
- 1943 Sobibor extermination camp uprising
- 1943 Janowska concentration camp riot
- 1944 Cowra breakout
- 1946 Battle of Alcatraz
- 1953 Norilsk uprising
- 1953 Vorkuta uprising
- 1954 Kengir uprising
- 1959 Montana State Prison riot
- 1963 Pulau Senang prison riots
- 1971 Kingston Penitentiary riot
- 1971 Attica Prison riot
- 1974 Huntsville Prison siege
- 1976 HM Prison Hull riot
- 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
- 1985 Badaber Uprising
- 1985 Oklahoma State Penitentiary riot
- 1986 West Virginia State Penitentiary riot
- 1986 Peruvian prison massacres
- 1987 Atlanta prison riots
- 1988 Fremantle Prison riot
- 1989 SCI Camp Hill Pennsylvania riots
- 1989 Polish prison riots
- 1990 Leopoldov prison uprising
- 1990 Strangeways Prison riot
- 1990 Southport Correctional Facility riot
- 1991 Federal Correctional Institution, Talladega riot
- 1992 Carandiru massacre
- 1993 Southern Ohio Correctional Facility riot
- 1997 Khujand prison riot
- 2000 F-type prisons strike and riots
- 2001 Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
- 2003 Eagle Mountain riot
- 2004 Arizona State Prison Complex – Lewis riot
- 2006 North County Correctional Facility riot
- 2007 New Castle Correctional Facility riot
- 2008 United States Penitentiary, Florence riot
- 2008 La Mesa Prison riot
- 2009 Mexico prison riot
- 2011 HM Prison Ford riot
- 2012 Altamira prison brawl
- 2012 Apodaca prison riot
- 2012 Yare prison riot
- 2012 Welikada prison riot
- 2013 Uribana prison riot
- 2013 Palmasola prison riot
- 2015 Kaohsiung Prison riot
- 2016 Topo Chico prison riot
- 2016 Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo riot
- 2017 Kidapawan jail siege
- 2017 Brazil prison riots
- 2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire
- 2019 Acarigua prison riot
- 2019 Amazonas prison riots
- 2019 Altamira prison riot
- 2019 Cameroon prison riots
- 2020 Guanare prison riot
- 2020 Mahara prison riot
- 2021 February 2021 Ecuadorian prison riots
- 2021 September 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
- 2021 November 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
- 2021 Tula prison break
- 2022 Battle of al-Hasakah
- 2022 Tuluá prison riot
- 2023 Támara prison riot
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