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"Officials in S\u00E3o Paulo have begun a roadshow to\u00A0recruit investors\u00A0for three prison contracts worth 750 million reals\u00A0($375 million).\u00A0With the world's fourth-largest population of people behind bars (550,000 as of June last year), Brazil's prison system suffers from\u00A0overcapacity of 178%\u00A0(paywall) and is known for\u00A0overcrowding\u00A0and\u00A0violence.\u00A0Brazil's justice minister once described them as \"medieval\" and said he would\u00A0rather die\u00A0than...."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://qz.com/48611/brazils-medieval-prisons-are-now-open-to-private-investment/>