Brazil · SP · Sorocaba
Sorocaba \- Penit. I "Dr. Danilo Pinheiro"
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State penitentiary facility in Sorocaba, São Paulo. Opened in 1976; operates under fechado e semiaberto regime; official capacity of 281 (population reported at 506); built area of 5867 m².
Capacity
281
Current population
506
Occupancy
180%
Year opened
1976
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 6 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
—
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1976
Region
SP
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
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 22/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Severely overcrowded at 180% of capacity
This facility scores 22. The national average across 3,539 scored Brazil facilities is 11 — 11 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in Brazil
3538 peersData completeness
48%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
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- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Sorocaba \- Penit. I "Dr. Danilo Pinheiro". Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sorocaba-penit-i-dr-danilo-pinheiro
"Sorocaba \- Penit. I "Dr. Danilo Pinheiro"." World Prisons. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sorocaba-penit-i-dr-danilo-pinheiro.
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