Reportage female prison in Rio de Janeiro, Italian magazine "Internazionale" The Amanda and Daniela’s is a typical story of a Brazilian female penitentiary. The index of lesbianism in the Brazilian prison reaches the 75% of prisoners. The women prisoners are often abandoned from their families and do not receive any visit on Sunday: that’s the main reason of lesbian relationship. Many of them have their husbands imprisoned as well or they are wanted men. 93% of ex female détentes back to crime once left the penitentiary. 52% of the women are involved in narco-traffic smuggling, the rest of them in robbery and kidnapping. Mostly of the women are poor, illiterate and involve in crime because they are not any chance to get a normal job in the society. Mostly of them are 25 - 30 years old. They live alone and often with sons. The Brazilian women have started a new role in the modern society, but this means a stronger presence in the crime too. “The women penitentiary – says Marcos Pinheiro da Silva, the Director of Tlavaera Bruce prison – are much more complicated to direct. Women accept less than men the condition of detention”. (taken 04/01/08)