Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo riot
2016 prison riot in Brazil
Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo riot | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Date | 16 October 2016 | |||
Location | Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo, Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil | |||
Caused by | Gang rivalry | |||
Methods | Prison rioting, beheading, arson, hostage taking | |||
Parties | ||||
| ||||
Casualties | ||||
Death(s) | 25 |
A riot at the Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo (Portuguese: Penitenciária Agrícola de Monte Cristo) occurred on 16 October 2016 in Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil.
Local media, citing police, said that at least 25 inmates died during the riot, with seven of them beheaded and six were burned to death.[1][2]
Events
According to the Roraima state secretary of justice, the riot began on Sunday 16 October 2016, during visiting hours and an estimated 100 relatives of inmates were taken hostage for a brief time before being freed[1] by police.[2]
The riot was caused by a clash between two rival gangs.[1][2] The riot was one of several that occurred in Brazilian prisons during 2016.[3]
See also
- 2017 Brazil prison riots
References
- ^ a b c "Inmates beheaded, burned to death in deadly Brazil prison clash". DW.com. October 17, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Prison clashes in Brazil kill 18: media". Reuters. October 17, 2016.
- ^ "Brazil prison gang clashes leave 25 dead, reports say". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- v
- t
- e
Prison riots and uprisings
- 1943 Featherston prisoner of war camp riot
- 1943 Sobibor extermination camp uprising
- 1943 Janowska concentration camp riot
- 1944 Cowra breakout
- 1946 Battle of Alcatraz
- 1953 Norilsk uprising
- 1953 Vorkuta uprising
- 1954 Kengir uprising
- 1959 Montana State Prison riot
- 1963 Pulau Senang prison riots
- 1971 Kingston Penitentiary riot
- 1971 Attica Prison riot
- 1974 Huntsville Prison siege
- 1976 HM Prison Hull riot
- 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
- 1985 Badaber Uprising
- 1985 Oklahoma State Penitentiary riot
- 1986 West Virginia State Penitentiary riot
- 1986 Peruvian prison massacres
- 1987 Atlanta prison riots
- 1988 Fremantle Prison riot
- 1989 SCI Camp Hill Pennsylvania riots
- 1989 Polish prison riots
- 1990 Leopoldov prison uprising
- 1990 Strangeways Prison riot
- 1990 Southport Correctional Facility riot
- 1991 Federal Correctional Institution, Talladega riot
- 1992 Carandiru massacre
- 1993 Southern Ohio Correctional Facility riot
- 1997 Khujand prison riot
- 2000 F-type prisons strike and riots
- 2001 Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
- 2003 Eagle Mountain riot
- 2004 Arizona State Prison Complex – Lewis riot
- 2006 North County Correctional Facility riot
- 2007 New Castle Correctional Facility riot
- 2008 United States Penitentiary, Florence riot
- 2008 La Mesa Prison riot
- 2009 Mexico prison riot
- 2011 HM Prison Ford riot
- 2012 Altamira prison brawl
- 2012 Apodaca prison riot
- 2012 Yare prison riot
- 2012 Welikada prison riot
- 2013 Uribana prison riot
- 2013 Palmasola prison riot
- 2015 Kaohsiung Prison riot
- 2016 Topo Chico prison riot
- 2016 Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo riot
- 2017 Kidapawan jail siege
- 2017 Brazil prison riots
- 2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire
- 2019 Acarigua prison riot
- 2019 Amazonas prison riots
- 2019 Altamira prison riot
- 2019 Cameroon prison riots
- 2020 Guanare prison riot
- 2020 Mahara prison riot
- 2021 February 2021 Ecuadorian prison riots
- 2021 September 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
- 2021 November 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
- 2021 Tula prison break
- 2022 Battle of al-Hasakah
- 2023 Támara prison riot