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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.
Carandiru: Directed by Hector Babenco. With Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Milton Gonçalves, Ivan de Almeida, Ailton Graça. Stories of crime, revenge, love, and friendship at the Carandiru Penitentiary, the largest prison in Latin America.
Carandiru tells some of the stories that occurred in Carandiru Penitentiary, which was the largest prison in Latin America. The story culminates with the 1992 massacre where 111 prisoners were killed, 102 by Police.
In 2002, the greatest prison in Latin America, Complex Carandiru, was demolished. With a population of about 7,000 prisoners distributed in nine pavilions of five floors, this prison became known worldwide after the famous massacre of one hundred and eleven prisoners in 1992.
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest…
21 mar 2003 · When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people.
They were among the prison's elite, the select few who ruled Carandiru by their own codes and laws. A rule that would end in bloodshed when 300 policemen stormed the facility and brutally murdered 111 unarmed inmates.
