Padrinu's Dreams

Padrinu claimed the blood-curdling screams of his victims were so intense that he lost his hearing for three days. He was transferred to Taupatay maximum security prison and psychiatric treatment center, approximately 80 miles outside Sao Paulo. The center had a custom built annex designed to house inmates considered too dangerous to be kept in the general prison system. Prisoners spent most of their day in tiny individual cells and were only allowed out to eat and exercise under strict supervision. These methods were so effective that Padrinu stopped killing. Instead, he distracted himself by reading, writing letters, playing solitaire, and repeatedly punching the wall of his cell until he was given a bag of sand as