Pat Hickey held at Rio's Bangu prison, according to authorities

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Former Olympic Council of Ireland president Pat Hickey has been transferred to a Rio remand prison, Brazilian authorities confirmed today.

The state’s penitentiary service says Hickey is being held in the José Frederico Marques Public jail, at Gericinó Penitentiary Complex, known locally as Bangu 10 - the same prison where the Irish THG director Kevin Mallon is being held.

He was transferred there overnight after giving a deposition to police and registered into ...