Two days later, crowds of prisoners were still loose in the open air between the prison blocks and the outer walls of the complex.
About 60 inmates were killed in Manaus on January 1.
Share It sparked a deadly wave of violence in jails this year that has killed at least 134 inmates.
On Tuesday the focus was on containing the volatility, however.
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The governor of the surrounding Rio Grande do Norte state, Robinson Faria, said authorities were working to stop the prisoners escaping from Alcacuz.