12 hostages, all prison functionaries, were held. The rebellion can to an end with the transferral of 13 prisoners to another prison. The government uses a human rights language but is not preoccupied with the prison system' he commented. At the moment there are 72.5 thousand more prisoners than vacancies held in the prisons. Prisons being constructed would provide a further 14.5 thousand vacancies.
Experts agree that most of the prison rebellions are being caused by acute overcrowding.
The mayor, Jose Carlos Ortego, is accused of forcing an eight year old black boy to emerge naked from a sack in the presence of the spectators. At this moment a person came into the arena carrying a sack. The impression given was that it contained some kind of animal. But this was not the case. Thus the mayor infringed article 232 of the federal Children's Statute which stipulates a prison sentence of up to one year for those who expose a child or adolescent to ridicule.