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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 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.
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.
Carandiru Penitentiary is today remembered as one of the worst prisons in the history of modern world, and the place of one of the largest human rights violations in the history of Brazil. Built by the Samuel das Neves to meet all the demands of the 1890 criminal code, this prison became so overcrowded at the end of the 20th century that ...
15 kwi 2013 · 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.
26 maj 2024 · São Paulo‘s Carandiru Prison Museum is a solemn testament to one of the darkest chapters in Brazil‘s modern history. Housed in the last remaining cell block of the infamous Carandiru Penitentiary, once South America‘s largest prison, the museum is dedicated to preserving the memory of the thousands who suffered and died within its walls.
