Penal Colony Of Clevelândia
The penal colony of Clevelândia, located in the current district of Clevelândia do Norte, Amapá, functioned from 1924 to 1926 in the extreme north of Brazil, bordering French Guiana. It was installed in the "Cleveland Colonial Nucleus", an agricultural colony founded in 1922, and received a total of 946 to 1,630 prisoners. They included enemies of president Artur Bernardes' Presidency of Artur Bernardes, government (''Tenentism, tenentist'' rebels, militant workers and Anarchism in Brazil, anarchists) and common prisoners (criminals from the "dregs of society" and the homeless, Capoeira carioca, ''capoeiras'', and minors caught on the streets). They came from Paraná (state), Paraná, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro, Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas and Pará. In addition to these, the colony's population was made up of Brazilian Army in the First Republic, Brazilian Army guards, employees, traders and settlers, the last three totaling ...
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