Brazil · Distrito Federal · Brasília
Complexo Penitenciário da Papuda
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How to send mail, money, and visit Complexo Penitenciário da Papuda
Step-by-step guidance using the Brazil system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
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Photo by Agência Brasília via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
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Photo by Agência Brasília from Brasília, Brasil via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Brasília's main prison complex. Held former President Lula (2018–2019) at the federal police HQ adjacent.
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Occupancy
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Operational
Facility profile
Operator
SESIPE — Distrito Federal
Population held
male
Opened
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Region
Distrito Federal
Security level
Mixed
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
Data completeness
62%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- SESIPE — Papuda
- Departamento Penitenciário Nacional (DEPEN) — SISDEPEN — Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública (Brazil)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.