Behind bars in Brazil

And Recommendations--An Overview of the Penal System--Overcrowding, Alternative Sanctions, and Prison Construction--Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais: The Police Lockup as a Prison--Physical Conditions--Medical, Legal, and Other Assistance--Prisoner-on-Prisoner Abuses--Abuses by Guards and Police--Prisoners' Contacts with the Outside World--Work and Other Activities--Women Prisoners