Squalid, overcrowded and prone to deadly riots, Brazil’s prisons now face a new problem as COVID-19 spreads inside them, pushing already precarious health services to the brink and increasing inmates’ isolation from their families.

Squalid, overcrowded and prone to deadly riots, Brazil’s prisons now face a new problem as COVID-19 spreads inside them, pushing already precarious health services to the brink and increasing inmates’ isolation from their families.