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September 25th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
He suggested using the stadium as a triage centre for detentions of up to 72
hours to relieve Raimundo Vidal Pessoa public prison, where earlier this
year, inmates staged a revolt that left 18 people injured.
Mr Marques suggested the stadium’s primary use as a football arena was not an
obstacle to his proposal.
“First of all, it’s important to find solutions,” he added. “No
one is going to lie down on the grass. It’s no privilege for Amazonas that
the prison system is getting unbearable.” Last week, Guilherme Calmon,
from the National Council of Justice, visited the prison to see the levels
of overcrowding.
“Today, Amazonas has one of the highest percentages of pretrial detainees
compared to the Brazilian average,” he said.
“Around 78 per cent of the prison population are pretrial detainees and
the national average is 42 per cent.” The Arena da Amazonia is due to
be delivered to Fifa by December this year.
Some 1,700 labourers are working in two shifts to finish the stadium, which
has received £106 million in federal funding.
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