I have no idea if this is still the case, but I was surprised to learn about twenty years ago that Brazil’s constitution prevented anyone from getting a prison

I have no idea if this is still the case, but I was surprised to learn about twenty years ago that Brazil’s constitution prevented anyone from getting a prison sentence longer than 35 years. Brazil also doesn’t have capital punishment. Most violent crimes are committed by young men, say from teenagers to early twenties. I don’t know anything about Brazil’s juvenile justice system, but a twenty year old who gets a 35 year sentence is very unlikely to be a violent person at 55. And if not, another 35 year sentence puts him away until he’s 90. It doesn’t take very many prison sentences like that to completely get rid of the risk of recidivism.