Penitenciário do Carandiru - Sao Paulo, Brazil
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saopaulo1
S 23° 30.354 W 046° 37.344
23K E 334344 N 7399539
Latin America's biggest prison.
Waymark Code: WM1KWY
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Date Posted: 05/28/2007
Views: 116
The Carandiru prison was the largest in Latin America. It operated from 1956 to 20002. At it's peak it housed 8 thousand people. It was closed in 2002 and demolished. A park was built on the land of the prison. Some of the structures of the prison was incorporated into the park design (the guard walls, building ruins.)
An additional note from the Wikipedia:
The Carandiru Massacre took place on October 2, 1992 in Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil, and is considered to be an example of a major human rights violation in the History of Brazil.
The massacre was triggered by a revolution of sorts in the prison, incited by prisoners.
As the prison riot became harder to control, the Military Police stormed Carandiru. The result was that 111 prisoners were killed, 102 from gunshots fired by Military Police and 9 from stab wounds, apparently inflicted by other prisoners before the arrival of the police. None of the 68 police were killed. Survivors claimed that the police also fired at inmates who already surrendered or tried to hide in their cells.
Address:
Av. Zaki Narchi, nº 1309
Sao Paulo, SP Brazil
0000-000
Open to the public: Yes
Hours:
6-21hrs
Fees?:
Free
Web link: Not listed
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