Police braced behind riot shields while the entrance to the prison was in flames.
Inmates remain on a roof of the Tacumbu prison after hundreds of inmates took the facility, in Asuncion.
Two hostages were later released as government and military forces responded to the revolt, according to interior minister Enrique Riera. He said two police officers were injured in the clashes.
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