Brazil jail massacre Vigil marks Carandiru anniversary BBC News
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. [6] Jorge Aragão refers to Carandiru in his song "O Iraque é Aqui".
Brazil Carandiru jail massacre police guilty BBC News
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.
EBC Mostra exibe realidade do presídio de Carandiru
In October 1992, inmates at the Carandiru prison in São Paulo staged a riot that was brutally quelled by law enforcement, with 111 men killed in just 30 minutes. The officers claimed self-defense, but the murdered men were unarmed and several had bullet wounds in the back of their heads, a clear sign of execution.
Complexo Penitenciário Carandiru antes da demolição. Conhecido por sua… Presidio, Big Ben, Ali
6 years later I knocked on the iron door of Carandiru, a São Paulo penitentiary housing 7400 inmates, where I decided to make an educational video about how HIV was spreading there.. Injectable cocaine was the most fashionable drug in the poorest neighbourhoods and inside the prison. The results showed that 17·3% of the prisoners were HIV.
Designing with Light Mauricio Sapata and The Carandiru Prison
A judicial panel in Brazil last week threw out the convictions of 74 military police previously sentenced for murdering 111 inmates at São Paulo's notorious Carandiru Penitentiary, on grounds.
Carandiru de prisão modelo a palco de um dos maiores massacres da história Revista Cenarium
The incident was started by a prisoner revolt. At around 13:30 BRT (16:30 GMT), prison director José Ismael Pedrosa was warned that a fight had started between two groups in cell block 9 after a game of football. The groups were led by the inmates Luiz Tavares de Azevedo, known as "Coelho", and Antonio Luiz Nascimento, known as "Barba". [2]
Massacre do Carandiru completa 25 anos e segue impune pela Justiça
Carandiru Prison, Sao Paulo Brazil Brazil's Carandiru prison was the deadliest jail in the world - with a total of 1,300 prisoners killed by fellow convicts, guards and a rampant Aids epidemic. The bloodiest single incident was the 1992 massacre, when military police stormed the dungeon and shot dead 113 inmates - mostly at close range.
Designing with Light Mauricio Sapata and The Carandiru Prison
The Carandiru complex in Sao Paulo has been turned into a park, its walls adorned with graffiti A court in Brazil has sentenced 15 policemen to lengthy jail sentences for their role in putting.
Brazil's overcrowded prisons experience massacres 'almost daily' ABC News
Brazil has more than 500,000 inmates, the fourth largest prison population in the world. Carandiru had 10,000 prisoners in 1992. It saw several riots before the prison was finally closed and the.
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Armed police last night ended the largest uprising in Brazilian penal history when they persuaded inmates at Carandiru prison, one of the most bizarre and unruly jails in the world, to release.
Carandiru Penitentiary Massacre
Carandiru was once Latin America's largest prison, with 7,500 inmates, but the government shut it down in 2002, in part because of its violent history: in 1992, 111 inmates were killed in what is known as the Carandiru massacre. After the prison essentially imploded, then-Governor Geraldo Alckmin announced "a shift in Brazil's penal.
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In Brazil, Carandiru is perhaps best known as the site of the massacre on October 2, 1992, in which a massive fight broke out, resulting in the deaths of 111 inmates; the penitentiary's.
Carandiru Prison Museum History and Facts History Hit
Known locally as 'Casa de Detenção' - House of Detention - Carandiru Prison in Brazil's capital São Paulo was designed and built by Samuel das Neves in 1920 and at the time, it was a state-of-the-art correctional facility that more than met the demands of Brazil's 1890 Criminal Code. History of Carandiru Prison Museum
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Carandiru Penitentiary, the infamous prison located in São Paulo, Brazil, carries a heavy legacy in the annals of history. Have you ever heard about it? Built in the 1920s, the facility grew into one of the largest prisons in Latin America. So, what's the tale behind its walls? The Historical Context
Brasil declara nulo el juicio por la masacre de Carandiru en un alarmante golpe para la justicia
99+ Photos Crime Drama The stories of crime, revenge, love, and friendship experienced by doctor Drauzio Varella over the more than 12 years he worked at the Carandiru Penitentiary, the largest prison in Latin America. Director Hector Babenco Writers Hector Babenco Fernando Bonassi Victor Navas Stars Enrique Diaz Wagner Moura Caio Blat
25 Police Officers Get Jail Time For Brazil Prison Massacre Fox News
North County Correctional Facility, Los Angeles County aerial view. North County Correctional Facility (NCCF) is a Los Angeles County jail, run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.Located approximately 40 miles (64 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, it is one of four jails located within the Pitchess Detention Center (named after former Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess), in Castaic.