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Barbacena: the people admitted without a clinical reason
Investigative record: Arbex, Holocausto Brasileiro (2013) and Tribuna de Minas series (2011); Ratton's 1979 film (Tribuna de Minas, Portuguese; Conselho Federal de Psicologia; closure, May 2026)
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What the record says
Worldwide register by region (Batch 2) · Batch 2
- Country / period
- Brazil (Minas Gerais), 1903–1980s; closed 25 May 2026
- Mechanism
- Hospital Colônia de Barbacena: admissions "sem critério" — political militants, "desafetos" (personal enemies), unmarried mothers, homosexuals, the poor; \~70% without a psychiatric diagnosis; \~60,000 deaths; 1,853 bodies sold to medical schools 1969–80; some admissions signed by police delegates
- What is documented
- Investigative record: Arbex, Holocausto Brasileiro (2013) and Tribuna de Minas series (2011); Ratton's 1979 film (Tribuna de Minas, Portuguese; Conselho Federal de Psicologia; closure, May 2026)
- Finding or status
- Journalistic, not judicial; no prosecutions located ("50 anos sem punição"); political admissions are asserted, not quantified
- Contrary evidence / limits
- VERIFIED (secondary, local-language)
- Label
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Reference and provenance
1903-BR-BARBACENA