According to organisations, the proposal would lead to increased violations against detainees and would lead to precarious working conditions for prison employees
A decision taken by the Court of Ethics and Discipline at the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) could restrict pro bono work by non-profit social institutions
According to organisations, the existence of this body is fundamental in the reduction of police lethality and abuse of power committed by agents of the state against citizens
The PLC 37 (bill of law), the author of which is the incumbent minister Osmar Terra, goes against the basic principles of the psychiatric reform and places abstinence as the central objective of the treatment of dependent people
The government body has given the Public Prosecutor’s Office 30 days to provide information on how they are monitoring cases of police abuse in the state