The number of female prisoners in Brazil rose by almost 700% between 2000 and 2016 and other women are left with no option but to care for their children.

At least 70 babies lived with their mothers inside women’s prisons in Brazil between May and August 2020—the height of the first wave of coronavirus deaths in Brazil—according to the results ...

Complaints recorded by the hotline added to the number of reported private-prison cases, said Bruna Costa, a lawyer at the Brasilia-based NGO Anis, which researches women's rights and bioethics.

Following complaints of women being raped during visits and the recent posting of a horrendous video of decapitated and tortured inmates, officials in Maranhao state say they will investigate Brazi… ...

In Brazil, like most countries, prison ministry involves visiting and praying with inmates, but as Brazil’s prisons increasingly are treated as moneymakers, the ministry also means ...

Deadly riots regularly occur in the third-largest prison system in the world, reports Eduardo Campos Lima, and Brazilian authorities are restricting the practice of religion rather than address ...

Brazil's penitentiaries are notorious for rampant overcrowding and violence endured by all inmates. In this July 8, 2015 photo, transgender inmates joke around while serving time at the Evaristo ...

A Brazilian woman, who survived a so-called private prison, or forced isolation at the hands of her husband, looks out of a window at a secret shelter in Rio de Janeiro, April 5, 2016.

In Brazil, like most countries, prison ministry involves visiting and praying with inmates, but as Brazil's prisons increasingly are treated as moneymakers, the ministry also means advocating for the ...