Brazil · São Paulo · São Vicente
Penit. "Dr. Geraldo de Andrade Vieira" de São Vicente I + APP
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State penitentiary facility in São Vicente, São Paulo. Opened in 1977; operates under fechado regime; official capacity of 922 (population reported at 1495); built area of 5.524,00 m².
Capacity
1,135
Current population
1,495
Occupancy
132%
Year opened
1977
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 30 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1977
Region
São Paulo
Security level
maximum
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
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 12/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 132% of design capacity
This facility scores 12. The national average across 3,539 scored Brazil facilities is 11 — 1 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in Brazil
3538 peersData completeness
70%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- SISDEPEN â Sistema de Informações do DEPEN/SENAPPEN — Brazilian Ministry of Justice (SENAPPEN)
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q126728285)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Penit. "Dr. Geraldo de Andrade Vieira" de São Vicente I + APP. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/centro-de-detencao-provisoria-luis-cesar-lacerda-de-sao-vicente
"Penit. "Dr. Geraldo de Andrade Vieira" de São Vicente I + APP." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/centro-de-detencao-provisoria-luis-cesar-lacerda-de-sao-vicente.
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