Brazil · Petrópolis
Casa da Morte
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1971
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1971
Region
Petrópolis
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Marilene Villas-Boas1948–1971 · student
Inês Etienne Romeu1942–2015 · resistance fighterInês Etienne Romeu (December 18, 1942 â April 27, 2015) was a Brazilian political prisoner held in extrajudicial detention in a Brazilian torture camp in the early 1970s.
Carlos Alberto Soares de Freitas1939–1971 · journalist
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q9698203)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Casa da Morte. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/casa-da-morte
"Casa da Morte." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/casa-da-morte.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Casa da Morte},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/casa-da-morte},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}