Grim vigil for families after Brazil prison massacre
By Ueslei Marcelino MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's justice minister on Tuesday proposed an overhaul of the penal system a day after 56 inmates were massacred in the deadliest riot in two decades. The minister, Alexandre de Moraes, said Brazil needed to improve conditions in its jails, which are home to an estimated 600,000 inmates, after visiting the prison in the jungle city of Manaus where violence erupted between rival drug gangs on Monday. Meanwhile, hundreds of anguished relatives, hug
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