These revealing images show what life is like on the inside of Brazil's overcrowded jails where football hooligans could find themselves if they cause trouble during the World Cup.
Italian photographer Giuseppe Bizzarri was given rare access to Sao Paulo's most infamous penitentiaries where football fans could be sent if violence erupts during the tournament.
The photographer, who described the jails as 'crime universities', said criminal firm First Capital Command (FCC) control drugs and gun traffic in Sao Paulo.
The photographer, who has lived in Brazil for 20 years, said: 'Brazilian prisons are like a crime university.
'The main criminal organisations connected to traffic organise themselves and then send their plans to the individuals who are outside.
'I think everyone knows it's awful the way they treat inmates. The reality inside Brazilian penitentiaries changed a lot ever since FCC has the power inside jails in the state of Sao Paulo, where most of the inmate Brazilian population is.
'It is not a coincidence the fact that FCC was born right after the bloody riot of Carandiru where almost all of the inmates in pavilion nine were massacred by the military police.
'FCC is a criminal organisation which has a great support in and outside prisons and it has an influence in the political world and the town halls.
'The FCC has already arranged two riots in prisons in the state of Sao Paulo, where they repeatedly attacked police quarters, banks and other buildings, with a strategic purpose.'
Mr Bizzarri said fans can expect a frosty reception , and he added: 'The UN already raised awareness to the prison conditions in Brazil.
'These prisons really are brutal and no-one in their right mind would want to end up there.'
A prison riot in October 1992 led to military police storming the former Carandiru penitentiary, Sao Paulo, in what emerged to be one of the bloodiest massacres in Brazillian history.
More than 100 inmates died in the massacre, with 102 being gunned down by police and a further nine being killed by fellow inmates.
Twenty-three policemen involved in the massacre were jailed for 156 years each for the killing of 13 prisoners while 25 others 624 years each for the deaths of 52 inmates.
A further 15 policemen were sentenced to 48 years behind bars earlier this year for their part in the horrific massacre.
Italian photographer Giuseppe Bizzarri was given rare access to Sao Paulo's most infamous penitentiaries where football fans could be sent if violence erupts during the tournament.
The photographer, who described the jails as 'crime universities', said criminal firm First Capital Command (FCC) control drugs and gun traffic in Sao Paulo.
The photographer, who has lived in Brazil for 20 years, said: 'Brazilian prisons are like a crime university.
'The main criminal organisations connected to traffic organise themselves and then send their plans to the individuals who are outside.
'I think everyone knows it's awful the way they treat inmates. The reality inside Brazilian penitentiaries changed a lot ever since FCC has the power inside jails in the state of Sao Paulo, where most of the inmate Brazilian population is.
'It is not a coincidence the fact that FCC was born right after the bloody riot of Carandiru where almost all of the inmates in pavilion nine were massacred by the military police.
'FCC is a criminal organisation which has a great support in and outside prisons and it has an influence in the political world and the town halls.
'The FCC has already arranged two riots in prisons in the state of Sao Paulo, where they repeatedly attacked police quarters, banks and other buildings, with a strategic purpose.'
Mr Bizzarri said fans can expect a frosty reception , and he added: 'The UN already raised awareness to the prison conditions in Brazil.
'The biggest problem still is the overpopulation of prisons. Inmates usually have families and they leave their kids with nothing so wives end up getting in on the crimes as well because they don't know what to do.
'That led to the rise in construction of prisons for women, the majority of which are arrested for drug trafficking.
'One of the most transmitted diseases is tuberculosis which spreads rapidly because of the overpopulation.
'Tuberculosis also spreads outside prisons mainly because most times the inmate does not know he is infected when he comes out.
'That led to the rise in construction of prisons for women, the majority of which are arrested for drug trafficking.
'One of the most transmitted diseases is tuberculosis which spreads rapidly because of the overpopulation.
'Tuberculosis also spreads outside prisons mainly because most times the inmate does not know he is infected when he comes out.
'These prisons really are brutal and no-one in their right mind would want to end up there.'
A prison riot in October 1992 led to military police storming the former Carandiru penitentiary, Sao Paulo, in what emerged to be one of the bloodiest massacres in Brazillian history.
More than 100 inmates died in the massacre, with 102 being gunned down by police and a further nine being killed by fellow inmates.
Twenty-three policemen involved in the massacre were jailed for 156 years each for the killing of 13 prisoners while 25 others 624 years each for the deaths of 52 inmates.
A further 15 policemen were sentenced to 48 years behind bars earlier this year for their part in the horrific massacre.
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Source : DailyMail
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