Girl raped by male cellmates in Brazilian jail

[Litti]

Girl raped by male cellmates in Brazilian jail

By Sally Peck
Last Updated: 10:04am GMT 23/11/2007

Brazilian authorities are investigating reports that a fifteen-year-old girl kept in a police cell with at least 20 men for a month was repeatedly subjected to ****** abuse.
Human rights groups claimed that the girl was repeatedly raped and forced to exchange *** acts for food.
"She was raped from day one" a Children and Adolescent Defense Centre (Cedeca) spokeswoman told AFP, adding that the number of men sharing the cell with the teenager varied from 20 to 34.

While media reports suggest the girl was being held on suspicion of robbery, human rights groups say she was never formally charged.
Ana Julia Carepa, the governor of the northern Brazilian state of Para, where the jail is situated, vowed she would order an "exemplary punishment" for those responsible for leaving the teenager in the cell with men.
Reports of the case have sparked outrage in Brazil, particularly as it follows an earlier incident in which a 23-year-old woman was held for a month in a prison cell with 70 men.
Brazilian prisons are notorious for overcrowding and poor conditions.
A US government report last year (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78882.htm)found many instances of women being held with men in cells, and charged that even in gender-segregated prisons, male officers "often abused and extorted the prisoners for ****** favours".


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Pretty wicked stuff, never believed something like that could happen in a developed country.

[Basillicus]

Well, I'm not that suprised considering the level of crime and corruption in Brazil. It's strange how Brazilians can't get a hold of these things considering all the potential the country has.

[haze99]

Can't be to developed if, they have prison overcrowding! (And most people decry the US Justice system.) Ha!

[little icebear]

What is a "developed" country? For rich people and the upper middleclass, Brazil is a first world country, but for a comparably large percentage of the population, it is still a second, if not third world country.
Can´t compare it to the standards of Western Europe, Australia, Japan or Northern America though.

[Firetxmi]

U.S. News Headline: Males raped by other males in their prison cells, on a daily basis.

[little icebear]

U.S. News Headline: Males raped by other males in their prison cells, on a daily basis.

I know what you mean, but nevertheless - it is a scandal that they put a teenage girl into a cell with dozens of criminals.
You can prevent this from happening so much easier than preventing other forms of violens inside prisonwalls.

[Carib]

Brazil is a third world country

[Benny]

Now, honestly, who could remotely think that placing a girl on a prison cell with 20 other convicts would end up in rape?

Benny

[LRPV]

According to local media, this is one of a number of cases. A little commentary from a Brazilian member would be good.

[NewsMan]

Pretty wicked stuff, never believed something like that could happen in a developed country.

Something to remember when people like to point out deficiencies in social evolution in Astan or Iraq.

[Wenegade]

Something to remember when people like to point out deficiencies in social evolution in Astan or Iraq.

What others do doesn't justify what you do. If you really compare the two, you are saying that your methods are 3rd world-ish!

€dit: I feel pity for that girl, such things happen allover the world.

[zela]

According to local media, this is one of a number of cases. A little commentary from a Brazilian member would be good.

At least one more case appeared. But the police officers responsible for the girl will be severely punished. Orders from the local governor.