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Carandiru Penitentiary (closed and demolished) - In 1992, the prison was the site of the
Carandiru massacre. •
Presidente Bernardes Provisional Readaptation Center (
Presidente Bernardes, São Paulo, Brazil) - inspired by the
Supermax standards, although prisoners can only stay there for a maximum of 2 years. •
Catanduvas Federal Penitentiary (
Catanduvas,
Paraná, Brazil) - also based on the Supermax standards. It is the first federal prison in Brazil, designed to receive prisoners deemed too dangerous to be kept in the states' prison systems. •
Campo Grande Federal Penitentiary (
Campo Grande,
Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil) - It houses the most dangerous prisoners in the country, as
Fernandinho Beira-Mar, the
Colombian trafficker
Juan Carlos Ramírez Abadía and bicheiro João Arcanjo. •
Presidio of Ahu ==C==