Brazil · Rio Grande do Norte · Mossoró
Penitenciária Federal de Mossoró
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2009
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
DEPEN — Federal Penitentiary System
Population held
male
Opened
2009
Region
Rio Grande do Norte
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
Site of February 2024 escape of two PCC-affiliated inmates — the first escape from a Brazilian federal penitentiary.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
Compared to other facilities in Brazil
655 peersHigher risk than 0% of peer facilities in Brazil.
Data completeness
54%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- DEPEN — Mossoró
- Departamento Penitenciário Nacional (DEPEN) — SISDEPEN — Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública (Brazil)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.