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A bill recently approved in the Brazilian Congress, which still awaits President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s sanction, aims at extinguishing the right of certain groups of inmates to temporarily leave prisons during holidays.
Earlier this year, the Brazilian government approved a program to offer tax exemptions and credit lines to favor the direct participation of private companies in building and managing penal facilities in partnership with the states.
The prison ministry started 50 years ago sees money as one of the driving forces in the prison system today