1.   A riot in the final episode left six prisoners and two guards dead.

2.   A shootout Saturday between police and prisoners trying to escape custody left nine inmates and a prison guard dead, the authorities said.

3.   Inmates held six people hostage during the rebellion and shot the prison guard dead with six bullets, Valois said, according to Globo News agency.

4.   Prison inmates staged a pre-dawn uprising Friday, sparking a shootout that left both prisoners and guards dead, according to a news report.

5.   Brazilian military police on Sunday quelled a riot by hundreds of inmates that left one prisoner and a guard dead, police sources reported.