SAO PAULO — Brazilian authorities say the prison uprising that left two inmates dead and six others injured in the southern state of Parana has ended. The state’s Prison Affairs Department said the uprising ended Saturday morning after inmates released the two guards they were holding hostage. The guards were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The inmates were reportedly demanding better food and the transfer of three guards to other facilities. About 700 of the facility’s 980 inmates took part in the uprising, which Parana State Gov.

Source: National Post November 11, 2017 15:00 UTC