National Prison Department (Brazil)

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The National Prison Department in Brazil (DEPEN), is the agency responsible for security and administration of the Brazil federal prison system (Sistema Penitenciário Federal). This agency was reorganized in 2006, with the passage of several new laws and the construction of new prisons.

Federal prisons

There are five prisons in the system.

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