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Brazil & Southern Cone - January 2014 (ISSN 1741-4431)

PARAGUAY: Prison guards’ strike exposes unresolved problems

A short strike by Paraguay’s main prison guards union, Sindicato de Trabajadores de Seguridad Penitenciaria del Paraguay (Sintrasepp), exposed some of the serious problems affecting the national penitentiary system. During the 18-hour long stoppage, there were riotous scenes in some of the country’s biggest prisons, resulting in the deaths of two inmates.

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