Taubaté Prison is a

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Taubaté Taubaté is a medium-sized city in the State of São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil. Location Its strategic location between the two most important Brazilian cities (São Paulo away, and Rio de Janeiro away), connected to both by the Presiden ...

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

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. It is notorious for containing some of the most violent prisoners, for repeated

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s, and for being the place where the

Primeiro Comando da Capital Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC; "First Command of the Capital", , 1533) is, according to a 2012 Brazilian Government report, the largest Brazilian criminal organization, with a membership of almost 20,000 members, 6,000 of whom are in prison. ...

criminal gang originated. On December 19, 2000 The Prison Uprising ended at Taubaté Prison released more than 20 hostages on Monday, ending an uprising at a maximum security facility that left nine prisoners dead, officials said. The rebellion at the Taubate House of Custody and Psychiatric Treatment, about 80 miles outside

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, began during visiting hours Sunday when an inmate opened fire with a

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, provoking a fight with prisoners from another pavilion. Taking advantage of the confusion, prisoners took 23 hostages including four children. Inmates began releasing hostages in small groups Monday after authorities agreed to transfer 10 prisoners to another facility. The hostages, all of whom were unhurt said the prisoners treated them well during the ordeal. The department said the nine victims were probably killed in a settling of scores between rival gangs.

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* BBC News story
Nine die in Brazil prison riot
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