Over 40 Recaptured, 2 Dead After 100 Inmates Escape Brazil Prison

Following Brazil's Complexo do Curado prison breakout on Saturday local forces apprehended around 40 inmates out of the escaped 100, local media reports.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Up to 40 out of 100 inmates were recaptured in the coastal Brazilian city of Recife’s second mass prison escape this week, local media reported.

"The intelligence service had managed to quell three attempted escapes before, but this time it was not possible. We need more investment in security in penitentiaries,” Secretary of Resocialization Joao Carvalho told the city’s Diario de Pernambuco publication Saturday.

The breakout took place after a blast was heard outside the Complexo do Curado walls mid-Saturday.

Carvalho was cited as saying only 10 guards were in charge of security of more than 2,000 inmates at the time of the escape.

One prisoner died in hospital and another death was reported to be from a bullet to the neck, according to the newspaper.

On Wednesday, 53 inmates escaped from the Barreto Campelo prison after unidentified gunmen exchanged gunfire with prison guards. Eleven of the inmates have been recaptured.