Inmates in Brazilian jail cycle to freedom

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7-10-12
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE - CA
By Jenny Barchfield
Associated Press

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It is one of several new projects being implemented across Brazil, including literacy and book-reading programs, all aimed at thinning out notoriously overcrowded prisons and cutting down on recidivism by helping restore inmates' sense of self-worth. Lambasted by critics as too soft on criminals, such initiatives are seen by their defenders as effective ways of breaking the cycle of violence that reigns in the country's penitentiaries.

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9-5-12
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES - CA
By Vincent Bevins
Los Angeles Times

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Muscular young men in red jumpsuits hunch over a set of matching stationary bicycles, sweating and panting. A few more wait to take over when the first group is too tired to go on. They keep the wheels turning nonstop, eight hours a day, seven days a week.

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