The Carandiru Massacre took place on October 2, 1992 in Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil, and is considered to be an example of a major human rights violation in the History of Brazil. October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Carandiru Penitentiary was a notorious penitentiary located in São Paulo, Brazil. ... Motto: Non ducor, duco (Latin: I am not led, I lead) Administrative division of the city Country Brazil Region Southeast State São Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab (PFL) Area    - City 1,522. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... São Paulo, Brazils largest city and fourth largest in the world, is an example of income inequality. ...

The massacre was triggered by a big revolution of sorts in the prison, incited by prisioners.

As the prison riot became harder to control, the Military Police stormed Carandiru. The result was that 111 prisoners were killed, 102 from gunshots fired by Military Police and 9 from stab wounds, apparently inflicted by other prisoners before the arrival of the police. None of the 68 police were killed. A prison riot is a riot that occurs in a prison, usually when those incarcerated rebel openly against prison guards. ... The Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo State Military Police) is the states law enforcement agency. ...

The commanding officer of the operation, colonel Ubiratan Guimarães, was initially sentenced to 632 years in prison for his handling of the rebellion and massacre. On 16 February 2006 a Brazilian court voided Guimarães' conviction due to mistrial claims; the court accepted his argument that he was only following orders. Several human rights groups labelled the situation as a "step backward" and a contribution to the culture of impunity regarding police violence in Brazil. Guimaraes, who was also a member of the Sao Paulo state legislature, was assassinated in September 2006, in a crime apparently unrelated to the Carandiru event^[1]. February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

These events are documented in the book "Estação Carandiru" by Dr. Dráuzio Varella and inspired the 2003 movie Carandiru. These events also were spoken about in the song "Manifest" on the Chaos A.D. album by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura. There are also mentions by the group Racionais in their songs "Diario de um Detento" and "Vida Loca III", and also in the song "19 Rebellions" by British group Asian Dub Foundation. Drauzio Varella (b. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carandiru is a 2003 film, directed by Hector Babenco and based on the book Estação Carandiru (en: Carandiru Station), by Dr. Drauzio Varella, a physician and AIDS specialist. ... Chaos A.D. was a music album released in 1993 by Sepultura through Roadrunner Records. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres, that is characterised by its high speed and aggression. ... Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band that began as a thrash metal group in 1984. ... Racionais MCs (Mano Brown, Ice Blue, Edy Rock and DJ KL Jay) are one of the earliest and most prolific Brazilian rap groups. ... Asian Dub Foundation is a British alternative electronica band, that play a mix of breakbeat, dub, dancehall and ragga, also using rock instruments, acknowledging a punk influence. ...

The massacre led to consternation amongst other Brazilian inmates, some of whom formed a criminal organization called the First Command of the Capital in 1994. Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC; Portuguese for First Capital Command; IPA: ) is a Brazilian prison gang-turned-terrorist criminal organization founded in 1993 by inmates of Taubaté prison in São Paulo. ...

External links

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• BBC record of the story
• Manifest Lyrics

References

1. ^ "Polícia investiga ligações da mãe de Carla Cepollina", O Globo, September 21, 2006.