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Estao Carandiru
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Wikipedia article
'Estao Carandiru' ("Carandiru Station") is a 1999 novel-memoir by Brazilian physician and AIDS specialist Drauzio Varella. The story is based on Varella's time as a physician volunteering at Carandiru Penitentiary in So Paulo from 1989 up to the 1992 massacre which left 111 inmates dead, but is made up of fictionalized incidents and characters.
With more than 500,000 copies sold, 'Estao Carandiru' is one of the all-time best-sellers in Brazil and was adapted into the 2003 film 'Carandiru' directed by Hctor Babenco. Varella is portrayed by Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos in the film. The book won the Brazilian literary award Prmio Jabuti in 2000.
The book, first in a trilogy, was followed by 'Carcereiros' ("Jailers") in 2012 which chronicles prison life based on testimony of prison officials. 'Prisioneiras' ("[Female] Prisoners"), about the women's prison in So Paulo, will end the trilogy.
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