An Ethnography of Prison Life and the PCC in Brazil
by
Karina Biondi
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
The Primeiro Comando do Capital (PCC) is a Sao Paulo prison gang that since the 1990s has expanded into the most powerful criminal network in Brazil. Karina Biondi's rich ethnography of the PCC is uniquely informed by her insider-outsider status. Prior to his acquittal, Biondi's husband was incarcerated...