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CPP Feminino de São Miguel Paulista

Estabelecimento destinado ao cumprimento de pena em regime semiabertoClosedmaleClosed 2002LowHigh
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Historic São Paulo penitentiary. Site of the 1992 Carandiru massacre in which 111 inmates were killed by Military Police.

Background

Carandiru Penitentiary, officially São Paulo House of Detention (Portuguese: Casa de Detenção de São Paulo) was a penitentiary located in the North Zone of São Paulo, Brazil. It was inaugurated on April 21, 1920 and was built by the engineer-architect Samuel das Neves. The name Casa de Detenção (House of Detention) was given by federal interventor Ademar Pereira de Barros who, on December 5, 1938, by state decree 9,789, abolished the Cadeia Pública (Public Jail) and the Presídio Político da Capital (Political Prison of the Capital). This decree provided for the separation of first-time offenders from repeat offenders and the separation of prisoners based on the nature of their crime. It once housed more than eight thousand prisoners, and was considered the largest prison in Latin America at the time.

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Capacity

152

Current population

0

Occupancy

—

Year opened

1956

Closed 2002

Figures from official sources · verified 30 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

male

Opened

1956

Region

São Paulo

Security level

Closed

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

Pre-closure: notorious for overcrowding (8,000+ inmates in design capacity for 2,500), inmate self-governance, and the 1992 massacre.

Visiting

Decommissioned in 2002 and partially demolished. Site is now part of Parque da Juventude.

Mailing

Not operational.

Practical info

Memorial and museum on the original site.

Known issues

Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned Brazil in the Carandiru case (2016).

Notable inmates

Various Comando Vermelho and PCC senior members held in 1980s-1990s.

Contact & address

Rua Américo Gomes da Costa, 305-A, São Miguel Paulista, São Paulo 08010-120
(11) 2031-4308
[email protected]
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Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
5/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Mass-event keyword in sources (riot / massacre / uprising)

This facility scores 5. The national average across 3,539 scored Brazil facilities is 11 — 6 points below national average.

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Compared to other facilities in Brazil

3538 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 5/100 · peers avg: 11/100 (56%)

Higher risk than 35% of peer facilities in Brazil.

Capacity (beds)this: 152 · peers avg: 333 (54%)

Data completeness

92%

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World Prisons. (2026). CPP Feminino de São Miguel Paulista. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/carandiru
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"CPP Feminino de São Miguel Paulista." World Prisons. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/carandiru.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-carandiru,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {CPP Feminino de São Miguel Paulista},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/carandiru},
  urldate = {2026-10-28}
}