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Centro de Detenção Provisória III de Pinheiros

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  • Aftermath of a prison riot at the Provisional Detention Center of Pinheiros in 2017 (35447063554).jpg

    Photo by Gustavo Basso from São Paulo, Brasil via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Aftermath of a prison riot at the Provisional Detention Center of Pinheiros in 2017 (35886510260).jpg

    Photo by Gustavo Basso from São Paulo, Brasil via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Aftermath of a prison riot at the Provisional Detention Center of Pinheiros in 2017 (36240480066).jpg

    Photo by Gustavo Basso from São Paulo, Brasil via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Aftermath of a prison riot at the Provisional Detention Center of Pinheiros in 2017 (36280062215).jpg

    Photo by Gustavo Basso from São Paulo, Brasil via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Aftermath of a prison riot at the Provisional Detention Center of Pinheiros in 2017 (36280066715).jpg

    Photo by Gustavo Basso from São Paulo, Brasil via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Aftermath of a prison riot at the Provisional Detention Center of Pinheiros in 2017 (36280085145).jpg

    Photo by Gustavo Basso from São Paulo, Brasil via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

  • Chevrolet Veraneio - Polícia Civil São Paulo (1995) II.jpg

    Photo by Ângelo Perosa via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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    Photo by Ângelo Perosa via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Capacity

572

Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

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Operational

Facility profile

Operator

São Paulo State Government

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

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Region

São Paulo

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.

Contact & address

1230 Avenida das Nações Unidas, São Paulo 05310-000
+55 11 3831 3306

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Compared to other facilities in Brazil

655 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 572 · peers avg: 476 (+20%)

Data completeness

40%

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