Holiday for minimum security prisoners is cancelled because of outbreak, so many simply run off Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from four semi-open prisons in São Paulo state in the south-east of Brazil after Easter prison holidays were cancelled and restrictions on visitors tightened because of coronavirus. Videos showed dozens of prisoners fleeing down a street near one coastal prison and flooding across a soccer pitch on a beach.
'Come back Monday, OK?' Hundreds of prisoners escape in Brazil amid Covid-19 anger
The Guardian - 17 Mar 2020 07:20
Holiday for minimum security prisoners is cancelled because of outbreak, so many simply run off Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from four semi-open prisons in São Paulo state in the south-east of Brazil after Easter prison holidays were cancelled and restrictions on visitors tightened because of coronavirus. Videos showed dozens of prisoners fleeing down a street near one coastal prison and flooding across a soccer pitch on a beach.
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