Prime Video’s ‘Tremembé’ Puts Brazil’s ‘Prison of the Famous’ at the Center of a True‑Crime Surge

Overview

• Tremembé is streaming on Prime Video after its October 31 release, launching a five‑episode season.
• The dramatization draws from Ullisses Campbell’s books, with the journalist co‑writing alongside director Vera Egito and a credited writers’ team.
• The penitentiary complex comprises five units, led by the P2 facility built in 1948 that started receiving so‑called special inmates in 2002.
• SAP‑SP directed the transfer of notorious convicts to Tremembé to reduce risks they would face in regular prison populations after Carandiru was decommissioned.
• Cases depicted include figures such as Suzane von Richthofen, Elize Matsunaga and Alexandre Nardoni, and coverage places the show within a wider boom in Brazilian true‑crime titles on Netflix, Prime Video and HBO Max.