Rape of Girl, 15, Exposes Abuses in Brazil Prison System
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/world/americas/12brazil.html?ref=americas
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
12/12/2007
"A recent study commissioned by the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva showed that female prisoners were being illegally placed with men or ->-bleeped-<-s in five Brazilian states, and being subjected to torture and sexual abuse."