Murderers, rapists, stool pigeons, drug addicts. They were the feared ones, the criminals who reaIly ran Carandiru, Brazil's Iargest correctional facility: Ebony, an honorabIe thief and respected Ieader; Highness, a smooth operator with two famiIies to support; Ezequiel, an ex-surfer turned crack addict; Dagger, a brutaI kilIer with God on his side. They were among the prison's eIite, the seIect few who ruIed Carandiru by their own codes and Iaws. A ruIe that would end in bloodshed when 300 poIicemen stormed the faciIity and brutally murdered 111 unarmed inmates. This is the true story ofthat infamous day in October 1992, a day that shocked the worId. The day of the Carandiru Massacre. |