Over 200 convicts escape from Brazilian prison
Over 200 prisoners escaped from Brazil's minimum-security Jardinopolis prison during an uprising on Thursday, prison officials said. They added that around 100 were recaptured within hours of the escape. The inmates had reportedly set fire to prison cells and knocked down a fence to escape. Notably, the prison houses over 1,800 inmates, although it was built to hold only 1,000.