Robinho: this is how the Brazilian spends his hard days in ‘Hell on Earth’, the prison where he serves his sentence for rape

World football was surprised when the Superior Court of Justice sentenced the former Brazilian footballer Robinho to nine years in prison for the crime of rape, events that occurred in Italy in 2013.

Justice had no regard for the former player of the national team Brazil, Santos, Madrid, Manchester CityMilan AC, Guangzhou Evergrande, Atlético Mineiro, Sivasspor and Istanbul Baakehir FK, who spends his sentence in prison Tremembé, which is known as ‘Hell on Earth’.

40 years old, it was proven that the former player raped a young woman in Italy, hence his long sentence.

“I’m not a monster,” said Robinho in those days, who tries to spend his days as best as possible in that hell.

According to the newspaper ‘The Sun’, the former soccer player studies and receives a 600-hour basic electronics course, something that is part of the “penitentiary work that is designed by the Institute Universal Brazilian to teach inmates new skills in preparation for their future release,” says the newspaper Marca.

“Overcrowding is a major problem in Brazil’s prisons and nowhere is it more serious than in Pernambuco.”

“It’s hard to say if he’s enjoying it or not, but it’s helping him pass the time,” said Robinho’s lawyer. Mario Rosso Okay. Once he learns well, Robinho will be able to repair appliances in prison.

“He keeps his head down, he is being an exemplary prisoner and he has not had problems with other prisoners,” said the lawyer.

In addition, he confirmed that the former soccer player has been a “model” prisoner since he was imprisoned in March.

Likewise, he said that they gave him some cool ones so he could play games in prison. His conditions are not the best, since it is said that in the prison where he is there have occurred events such as decapitated inmates, a lot of drugs, there are bathrooms with holes in the floor, poor sanitary conditions and even sexual violence.

“Overcrowding is a major problem in Brazil’s prisons and nowhere is it more serious than in Pernambuco… The State has locked up tens of thousands of people in wards designed for a third of that number, and has handed over the keys to inmates who use violence and intimidation to manage prison grounds as personal fiefdoms,” he explained. María Laura Canineu, director of Human Rights Watch.