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Complexo Penitenciário de Pedrinhas

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Verified 29 May 2026
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Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

SEAP — Maranhão

Population held

male

Opened

Region

Maranhão

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

Subject of multiple Inter-American Commission on Human Rights provisional measures (2013–) over deaths in custody.

Contact & address

Avenida Daniel de la Touche, São Luís 65030-005

Conditions Risk Score

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

10/100
Low concern10/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
5/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record
  • · In-custody-death signal in sources

Compared to other facilities in Brazil

655 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 10/100 · peers avg: 14/100 (27%)

Higher risk than 50% of peer facilities in Brazil.

Data completeness

54%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

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