
Hector Babenco's disturbing drama examines the deplorable conditions in Brazil's Sao Paulo House of Detention, one of the largest and most severely overcrowded prisons in South America -- conditions that led a deadly uprising in 1992. When a doctor (Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos) visits to address the spread of HIV in the prison, he develops a connection with the inmates. But simmering hostilities eventually boil over, resulting in the fatal riot.-
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Carandiru massacre took place on Friday, October 2, 1992 in
Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil, and is considered a major human rights violation in the history of Brazil. The massacre was triggered by a prisoner revolt within the prison. As -
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