BRASILIA, 9 Feb. At least six prisoners have died during a riot that began on Monday in a detention center Pinheiro Brazilian municipality in the northeastern state of Maranhao, because of overcrowding, and ended a day later, when police gained control of the rebels, as reported by Brazilian media. According to news agency Estadão public, the six dead, all accused of crimes of pedophilia or statutory rape, have been killed by other inmates.
Four of them were beheaded, including José Agostinho Pereira Bispo, known as the 'Monster of Maranhao. " This inmate, 55, joined the center in June 2010 for sexually abusing his daughter, who is now 28 years. The 'Monster of Maranhao' had locked up his daughter for 16 years and fathered seven children with her, in addition to molesting two daughters, five grandchildren and eight years.
Agostinho, sentenced to 63 years in prison, was separated from ordinary prisoners in a cell he shared with eleven other men accused of pedophilia. All were taken hostage by the rioters. Overcrowding According to the Ministry of Public Security of Maranhao, prisoners were negotiating with a committee made up of a judge, two prosecutors and a shepherd, which had previously passed on their complaints of overcrowding at the center, which hosted over than 90 prisoners even though the maximum number was 40.
The Secretariat stated that it had decided to take the place of detention to 16 inmates and planned future transfer of another 50 or so. The Government of Maranhao has announced the opening of six new prisons within 120 days. This is the second riot that occurs in this detention center Pinheiro in eight months by the problem of overcrowding.
The regional delegate Pinheiro, Laura Amelia Barbosa, said Public Security Ministry was aware of the situation. But "I was asked to wait because there are overcrowding the capital," he said. In Maranhao are some 5,400 prisoners but only four prisons. Last November, 18 inmates were killed in Pedriña Complex in Sao Luis, the state capital, for a few violent incidents triggered by water shortages and overcrowding.
In addition, eight prisoners escaped on Tuesday from the Regional Presidio Santa Maria, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (south), while in the southern state of Santa Catarina have been captured only 52 of the 79 prisoners who escaped Monday Agricultural Prison Complex in the state capital, Florianópolis. 
Four of them were beheaded, including José Agostinho Pereira Bispo, known as the 'Monster of Maranhao. " This inmate, 55, joined the center in June 2010 for sexually abusing his daughter, who is now 28 years. The 'Monster of Maranhao' had locked up his daughter for 16 years and fathered seven children with her, in addition to molesting two daughters, five grandchildren and eight years.
Agostinho, sentenced to 63 years in prison, was separated from ordinary prisoners in a cell he shared with eleven other men accused of pedophilia. All were taken hostage by the rioters. Overcrowding According to the Ministry of Public Security of Maranhao, prisoners were negotiating with a committee made up of a judge, two prosecutors and a shepherd, which had previously passed on their complaints of overcrowding at the center, which hosted over than 90 prisoners even though the maximum number was 40.
The Secretariat stated that it had decided to take the place of detention to 16 inmates and planned future transfer of another 50 or so. The Government of Maranhao has announced the opening of six new prisons within 120 days. This is the second riot that occurs in this detention center Pinheiro in eight months by the problem of overcrowding.
The regional delegate Pinheiro, Laura Amelia Barbosa, said Public Security Ministry was aware of the situation. But "I was asked to wait because there are overcrowding the capital," he said. In Maranhao are some 5,400 prisoners but only four prisons. Last November, 18 inmates were killed in Pedriña Complex in Sao Luis, the state capital, for a few violent incidents triggered by water shortages and overcrowding.
In addition, eight prisoners escaped on Tuesday from the Regional Presidio Santa Maria, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (south), while in the southern state of Santa Catarina have been captured only 52 of the 79 prisoners who escaped Monday Agricultural Prison Complex in the state capital, Florianópolis.
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