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Brazil’s penitentiaries are notorious for severe overcrowding, gang-run cellblocks, and a lack of basic human necessities. In such environments, the psychological drive to escape transcends simple criminal intent and becomes a desperate bid for survival.
Data from the Brazilian Public Security Forum indicates that the country’s prison population has skyrocketed over the last two decades, frequently operating at double its intended capacity. It is within this pressure cooker of neglect that inmates often turn to extreme, and sometimes structurally impossible, lengths to secure their exit.
