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„Death is preferable to being in prison“ – wie Lulas einstiger Präsidentenberater Frei Betto die Lage in den Gefängnissen unter der Lula-Rousseff-Regierung analysiert. Lula ist Redner des IG-Metall-Kongresses in Berlin 2012 – der Lula-Propaganda-Spielfilm.

Dienstag, 04. Dezember 2012 von Klaus Hart

Das Lula-Institut: http://www.institutolula.org/

http://www.hart-brasilientexte.de/2009/12/12/folter-ohne-ende-tortura-sem-fim-brasiliens-soziologiezeitschrift-sociologia-uber-folter-unter-der-lula-regierung/

“DEATH IS PREFERABLE TO BEING IN PRISON”

Frei Betto*

The above phrase was spoken by Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo on 13th November 2012. He knows what he is talking about. Brazil has the fourth largest prison population in the world, after the US, China and Russia.

Our jails nowadays hold 515,000 prisoners in 1312 penal institutions with a capacity for 306,500 detainees. If the Brazilian judiciary system were less slow and more humanitarian, 36,000 detainees could have been freed or benefited by reprieves.

Penal Law assures each prisoner six square metres of space in a cell. Today the majority squeeze in to between 70cm and one square metre. Hence frequent rebellions.

http://www.hart-brasilientexte.de/2012/12/03/wie-die-ig-metall-ihren-berliner-kongres-redner-lula-vorstellt-was-alles-fehltmenschenrechtslage-korruptionsskandale-unter-der-lula-regierung-komplett-unerwahnt/
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