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January 9, 2017

Priest: Brazil's prison system is a 'factory of torture that creates monsters'

A general view of Trauma cemetery is seen in Manaus, Brazil, Jan. 4, during the funeral of one of the inmates who died in a Jan. 1-2 prison riot.

SAO PAULO – The more than 100 deaths of inmates since the beginning of the year in Brazilian prisons does not come as a surprise for Father Valdir Joao Silveira, national coordinator of the Brazilian bishops' prison ministry.

Published in International