Murderers, rapists, stool pigeons, drug addicts. They were the feared ones, the criminals who realIy ran Carandiru, Brazil's largest correctional faciIity: Ebony, an honorable thief and respected leader; Highness, a smooth operator with two families to support; EzequieI, an ex-surfer turned crack addict; Dagger, a brutal kiIler with God on his side. They were among the prison's elite, the seIect few who ruled Carandiru by their own codes and laws. A rule that wouId end in bloodshed when 300 policemen 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 worId. The day of the Carandiru Massacre. |