Just to clear up some misconceptions: > now 3rd largest in the world It is large and ineffective but it is not the 3rd largest in the world if you look at the

Just to clear up some misconceptions: > now 3rd largest in the world It is large and ineffective but it is not the 3rd largest in the world if you look at the incarceration rate per 100k, which is a more reasonable metric. It is the 19th largest [1]. It bugs me somewhat how people often overlook that Brazil is the world's 6th most populous country. Most of Brazil's demographics, no matter what they refer to, will rank near the top when it comes to absolute numbers. > hits indigenous and black south americans harder. I don't expect they'll have a rich corpus of indigenous literature either 66.7% of the Brazilian prison population are black (includes pardos / mixed race), while 32.3% are white. 54% of the Brazilian population are black, so the incarceration rate is disproportionate for the black population. That is, of course, very unfortunate. However, I don't think the indigenous are particularly affected - only 1390 indigenous Brazilians are in prison in the entire country [4]. A lot of people seem to assume that a significant proportion of the Brazilian population is indigenous. That is not the case. The number of indigenous Brazilians is very small, around 0.47% of the total population. [5] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera... [2] https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2020/10/19/em-15-anos-proporcao-de-negros-nas-prisoes-aumenta-14percent-ja-a-de-brancos-diminui-19percent-mostra-anuario-de-seguranca-publica.ghtml https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2020/10/19/em-15-a... [3] https://jornal.usp.br/radio-usp/dados-do-ibge-mostram-que-54-da-populacao-brasileira-e-negra/ https://jornal.usp.br/radio-usp/dados-do-ibge-mostram-que-54... [4] http://antigo.depen.gov.br/DEPEN/depen-publica-levantamento-dos-povos-indigenas-custodiados-no-sistema-penitenciario http://antigo.depen.gov.br/DEPEN/depen-publica-levantamento-... [5] https://pib.socioambiental.org/pt/Quantos_s%C3%A3o%3F https://pib.socioambiental.org/pt/Quantos_s%C3%A3o%3F