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The Carandiru massacre (Portuguese: Massacre do Carandiru, Portuguese: [mɐˈsakɾi du kɐɾɐ̃dʒiˈɾu]) occurred on 2 October 1992, in Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil, when military police stormed the penitentiary following a prison riot.
The Carandiru Penitentiary is the inspiration for the Penitenciaría Federal de Sona; the prison the fictional TV character, Michael Scofield, was incarcerated in during the third season of the US television series Prison Break.
15 kwi 2013 · The 1992 military operation in São Paulo’s Carandiru prison left more than 100 prisoners dead. The authorities claimed the police were trying to break up a fight between prisoners who had seized control of the jail’s Block 9.
24 lis 2020 · Finally demolished in December 2002, Carandiru Prison in the Brazilian city of São Paulo was once South America’s biggest prison and the scene of what became known as the Carandiru Massacre. Today, a new museum documents one of the world’s most brutal prison.
3 kwi 2014 · A Brazilian court sentences 15 policemen to lengthy jail terms for their role in putting down a notorious 1992 prison riot in which 111 inmates died.
3 sie 2013 · Twenty-five police have been given long sentences for their part in the 1992 massacre in Sao Paulo's Carandiru jail that left 111 prisoners dead. Each officer received 624 years for the death...
28 wrz 2016 · A Brazilian court’s decision to declare the trial and sentences against 74 police officers for a prison massacre in 1992 null is a shocking blow for justice and human rights, said Amnesty International.
