A Casa de Detenção

Abstract

The author narrates a reportage work she has done for CBN Radio at the Sao Paulo Temporary State Prison. Using the deactivation of the prison as guideline, she made a series of 13 radio reports where tried to tell the history of that building without abiding by what almost all the communication vehicles had already presented: the crimes, the escapes and the slaughter of 111 prisoners in 1992. She attempted, along nine followed days, to listen about the prisoners’ routine. She recorded 16 hours of testimonies. With this reportage work, the author shows the importance that narrative still has in radio reporting. She also reflects on the press professionals’ commitment and questions their right to banalize people’s affliction in exchange of the immediate message, many times provoked by the broadcast demands.