CITATION YEAR: 2015
CITATION NAME: The Feature Photography Award
CITATION RECIPIENT: Mario Tama
CITATION RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: Getty Images
CITATION HONORED WORK: “Brazil’s Afflictive Prison System”
Female inmates gather with babies as they greet visitors in the Pedrinhas Prison Complex, the largest penitentiary in Maranhao state, on January 27, 2015 in Sao Luis, Brazil. In 2013, nearly 60 inmates were killed within the complex, including three who were beheaded during rioting. Critics believe overcrowding is one of the primary causes of rioting and violence in Brazil's prisons.
Inmates pray before a soccer match in the Pedrinhas Prison Complex, the largest penitentiary in Maranhao state, on January 27, 2015 in Sao Luis, Brazil. In 2013, nearly 60 inmates were killed within the complex, including three who were beheaded during rioting.
An inmate uses a mirror to view visitors in the Pedrinhas Prison Complex, the largest penitentiary in Maranhao state in Sao Luis, Brazil.
Inmates stand in their cell in the Pedrinhas Prison Complex.
An isolation cell stands in the Anisio Jobim penitentiary complex. Brazil's Amazonas state prison system now holds nearly three times as many inmates as it was designed for.
Military police patrol in the Prison.
A detainee hangs laundry to dry in the recreation yard of the overcrowded Desembargador Raimundo Vidal Pessoa penitentiary, inaugurated in 1904, on June 25, 2015 in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil. The aging prison has an official capacity of about 250 but now holds around 700 prisoners.
Faded graffitti of Jesus remains on the wall of a formerly open wing of the overcrowded Desembargador Raimundo Vidal Pessoa penitentiary.
Detainees pray in the Desembargador Raimundo Vidal Pessoa penitentiary.