Prime Video's latest true-crime series explores one of the Americas' most infamous prisons, the same facility where footballer Robinho is currently serving his sentence. The programme delves into a world where wealth, influence, and notoriety clash behind bars, focusing on five high-profile inmates who were incarcerated there simultaneously.
Among them is Suzane von Richthofen, the heiress who orchestrated the murder of her wealthy parents in 2002. At 18, she and her boyfriend and his brother bludgeoned Manfred and Marísia von Richthofen to death. Sentenced to 39 years, she became known as a 'prison queen', wielding influence and navigating alliances within the jail's social hierarchy.
Another case features Elize Matsunaga, who killed her husband Marcos in 2012 after discovering his infidelity. She shot him, dismembered his body, and attempted to dispose of the remains. Arrested in June 2012, she received a 20-year sentence for qualified homicide and destruction of a corpse, claiming years of abuse led to the murder.
The series also covers the death of five-year-old Isabella Nardoni in 2008. She fell from a sixth-floor flat; forensic evidence indicated she was suffocated before the fall. Her father, Alexandre Nardoni, and stepmother, Anna Carolina Jatobá, were convicted of murder after a highly publicised trial.
