The Government of São Paulo announced the transfer of detainees of great social repercussions of Tremembé Penitentiary 2, known as the “Chain of the Famous”. Among the affected prisoners are former player Robinho and businessman Thiago Brennand. The unit will shelter only prisoners in semi -open regime.
The detainees will be transferred to Potim Penitentiary 2, located 46 kilometers from Tremembé, further from the state capital. There is not yet a definite date for the completion of transfers. Part of the prisoners may be sent to the Provisional Detention Center of Guarulhos, although the expectation is that most go to Potim.
Get to know the penitentiary
The P2 of Tremembé, officially called Dr. José Augusto César Salgado Penitentiary, has a capacity of over 390 prisoners between the semi -open and closed regimes. Built in 1948, the unit underwent wide restructuring after a 2000 rebellion, which destroyed part of its facilities. Since 2002, the penitentiary was known to receive “special prisoners” and was awarded in 2003 as a prison management model.
P2 prisoners participate in work and educational activities, including handicraft workshops, disinfectant tablet production, school desk renovation, lock factory, theater classes and reading groups. The unit is part of a prison complex of the Secretariat of Penitentiary Administration (SAP), which includes four other units in the same city.
Tremembé detainees
Over the years, P2 has gained notoriety for housing convicts of great repercussion, such as Alexandre Nardoni, Lindemberg Alves, Christian Cravinhos, Suzane von Richthofen, Elize Matsunaga, Fernando Sastre, Thiago Brennand and Robinho.
Robinho has been serving time at P2 since April 2024, after a conviction in Italy of nine years for raping a woman in Milan in 2013. Lindemberg Alves is semi -open regime for murdering girlfriend Eloá Pimentel in 2008. Christian Cravinhos was sentenced to 38 years for killing Suzane Richthofen’s parents in 2002.
Other prominent detainees include Fernando Sastre, convicted of provoking the death of an application driver in March 2024, and Thiago Brennand, sentenced in three cases of violence against women and transferred to P2 in June 2024.
Several famous prisoners have already left the unit, such as Alexandre Nardoni, Daniel Cravinhos, Gil Rugai, Pimenta Neves, Mizael Bispo, Edinho (son of Pelé), Fabinho Fontes Suzane von Richthofen, Elize Matsunaga and Anna Carolina Jatobá. Roger Abdelmassih is still serving time at P2.
