Burning petrol stations, blown up bridged and torched police stations are just a few of the ways crime bosses in Brazil are flexing their muscles from within the confines of their prison walls. The recent orders of destruction from the powerful inmates came after authorities led a crackdown on living conditions for those behind bars. However, the recent week-long violence in the northeastern city of Fortaleza has now compelled a group of Brazil's senior regional justice ministers to call for gang attacks on infrastructure to be reclassified as terrorism.
