A riot and hostage standoff in a prison in Brazil has come to an end following the release of 10 captive guards by the rioting inmates. Local authorities announced Wednesday that the “rebellion” came to a conclusion after the demand of the rioting inmates that they be transferred to other detention facilities was met. According to a spokesman for the Parana state’s justice secretary, 28 inmates involved in the prison riot would be moved from Guarapuava jail to alternative facilities in the region. The development came after local media outlets broadcast television images of the inmates holding the prison guards on the roof of the jail facilities while stripping them of their clothing. The prisoners reportedly overpowered and seized 13 guards during a riot that began on Monday. Three of the seized jail guards, however, were set free immediately afterward. This is while at least five inmates and one of the prison guards were reported to have suffered injuries during the riot, which began when the inmates were being transferred to a construction site to perform building tasks. The riot took place at a prison that holds 240 inmates and allows them to study and participate in work projects. According to prison authorities, the riot was the first since the facility opened nearly 15 years ago. Prison riots are relatively common in this largest Latin American country, which has the world’s fourth largest prison population - 500,000 inmates in jails that are designed to hold only 300,000.
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