Controversial Pastor Mediates End to Three-day Prison Riot in Brazil
Minister hopes fame will allow him greater access to Brazil's prisons.
By George Guilherme in Recife, Brazil | posted 6/01/2004 12:00AM

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Pie-in-the-Sky Now | Two scholars argue that Pentecostalism, especially in Brazil, is not so otherworldly as many think (Nov. 27, 2000)
Other Christianity Today articles on prison violence include:
Breaking into Prison | A gospel invasion helps bring peace to one of the nation's most violent penitentiaries (May 07, 2004)
Controversial Cain | Warden Burl Cain has had a few tangles in the courts himself (May 07, 2004)
New Life in a Culture of Death | Hope for Colombia dwells inside its most lethal killing fieldBellavista Prison. (Feb. 2, 2004)
Violated Felons | Christians help lead federal campaign against prison rape (Sept. 10, 2003)
Weblog: Criminal Justice and Injustice | On issues from Timothy McVeigh's execution to prison rape, Christians are making their voices heard (April 30, 2001)
Setting Captives Free | It takes more than getting a woman inmate out of jail to turn her life around (Jan. 10, 2000)
Prison Ministry in Mozambique | Missionary says women suffer grave injustices (Aug. 4, 2000
Articles from our sister publications include:
Brutality Behind Bars | Women's prisons were hellish places before Elizabeth Fry started working there. By Danny Day, Christian History, Winter 1997
Doing Time | Do correctional facilities correct anything? By Nathan Bierma, Books & Culture, January/February 2004