Murderers, rapists, stool pigeons, drug addicts. They were the feared ones, the criminals who really ran Carandiru, Brazil's largest correctional facility: Ebony, an honorable thief and respected leader; Highness, a smooth operator with two famiIies to support; EzequieI, an ex-surfer turned crack addict; Dagger, a brutal kiIIer with God on his side. They were among the prison's eIite, the select few who ruIed Carandiru by their own codes and laws. A rule that wouId end in bIoodshed when 300 poIicemen stormed the facility and brutaIIy murdered 111 unarmed inmates. This is the true story ofthat infamous day in October 1992, a day that shocked the world. The day of the Carandiru Massacre. |