"Women" Initiate Brazilian Prison Break
Disguised as women, two Brazilian convicts managed to evade surveillance, surprise guards at the gate, and facilitate the escape of another 82 prisoners, Brazilian TV reported on Monday.

Police have so far managed to recapture 37 of the fugitives from Itapeva Prison, designed to hold 80 prisoners, but containing 146.

This makes the third mass escape in Sao Paulo State since the beginning of the year.

The escape from the Provisionary Detention Center in Belem, east of Sao Paulo, occurred when a prisoner pretended to be sick.

The second escape, from Sao Roque, was brought about by two armed men who penetrated the prison to release some accomplices and freed 71 prisoners, almost half the prisoners in the place.