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The year 2024 was marked by several escapes and attempted escapes recorded in the Acre penitentiary system. According to a survey sent exclusively to the website ContilNet by the Institute of Penitentiary Administration of Acre (Iapen), throughout the year, 25 inmates escaped from Acre’s prisons.
Despite the high number, the total number of prisoners who escaped from Acre’s prisons in 2024 is lower than that recorded in the previous year, when 36 inmates managed to escape from the units.
Amaro Alves Prison, in Rio Branco/Photo: Reproduction
The Provisional Regime Unit (Rio Branco) was the one with the most escapes, totaling 16 prisoners escaping from the prison system. Next is the Closed Regime Unit (Rio Branco) and the Manoel Neri da Silva Penitentiary Unit (Cruzeiro do Sul), each with a record of four inmates escaping. The Quinari Penitentiary Unit (Senador Guiomard) recorded an escape in 2024.
Leaks that had repercussions
One of the last recorded escapes took place at the Francisco de Oliveira Conde Prison, in the early hours of November 6th. According to a clarification note from Iapen, six inmates managed to escape the scene.
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Two of the fugitives were recaptured in a house in the Remanso neighborhood, in Cruzeiro do Sul on December 14th. The other four remain fugitives from the prison system.
The inmates made a hole in the cell wall in pavilion B of the Provisional Regime Unit (URP). Two of them are serving sentences for the death of an app driver in April last year.
