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Carandiru Penitentiary, officially São Paulo House of Detention (Portuguese: Casa de Detenção de São Paulo) was a prison located in São Paulo, Brazil. [1] The prison was designed and built by Samuel das Neves in 1920, when it was considered a model-prison to meet the new demands of the 1890 criminal code.
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 – największe więzienie w brazylijskim mieście São Paulo, w którym odbywało jednocześnie kary do 30 tys. więźniów. Więzienie leżące w dzielnicy Carandiru (stąd jego nazwa urzędowa) zasłynęło największą w dziejach Brazylii zbrodnią popełnioną przez instytucję rządową na obywatelach tego kraju, masakrą w ...
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.
15 kwi 2013 · Carandiru and the scandal of Brazil’s medieval prison system. Twenty-six police officers have gone on trial in Brazil for the killing of 15 inmates in one of the country’s most infamous prisons two decades ago. The 1992 military operation in São Paulo’s Carandiru prison left more than 100 prisoners dead.
Carandiru Penitentiary was a notorious prison in Brazil that housed over 8000 inmates in horrific conditions. It became infamous for a 1992 riot that ended with a military police massacre of 111 prisoners, and for the book and movie based on a doctor's account.
26 maj 2024 · By confronting visitors with the visceral realities of prison life and state violence, the Carandiru Prison Museum aims to spark critical reflection on issues of justice, human rights, and the societal conditions that perpetuate mass incarceration.
