Protest: Relatives and police officers speak to prisoners standing on a roof of the prison in Brazil where inmates armed with knives and rifles were holding 131 people hostage yesterday. Picture: AFPINMATES armed with knives and three rifles were yesterday holding 131 people hostage.
The hostages were being detained in a prison in northeastern Brazil after an uprising over the weekend, police told the local press.
About 400 prisoners at the Advogado Jacinto Filho de Arcaju prison in Sergipe state mutinied on Sunday morning during visiting hours over complaints about mistreatment by guards.
Prisoners appeared on the roof of the prison as family members who massed outside the facility appealed to them to end the uprising, the G1 news website said.
All but three of the hostages were relatives of the prisoners, including many women and children, who were visiting when the uprising broke out. Three guards also were among the hostages, police said.
The prisoners have turned over a list of guards accused of being abusive, and were demanding better food. Read More
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