Gallery: This Brazilian Soccer Team Plays for a Chance to Battle Their Prison Guards

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    Photo: Nicolò Lanfranchi for COLORS magazine, issue no. 90 - Football (June 2014)
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    Prisoners from the Geraldo Beltrão Penitentiary in João Pessoa, Brazil play soccer on a barbed wire encircled court.
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    Photo: Nicolò Lanfranchi for COLORS magazine, issue no. 90 - Football (June 2014)
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    A prison guard handcuffs an inmate from Cell 13.
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    Photo: Nicolò Lanfranchi for COLORS magazine, issue no. 90 - Football (June 2014)
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    Cell 13 players warm up inside their cell.
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    The team from Cell 13 of the Geraldo Beltrão Penitentiary in João Pessoa, Brazil. April 2014.
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    Photo: Nicolò Lanfranchi for COLORS magazine, issue no. 90 - Football (June 2014)
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    The guards from the Geraldo Beltrão Penitentiary in João Pessoa, Brazil. April 2014.
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    Photo: Nicolò Lanfranchi for COLORS magazine, issue no. 90 - Football (June 2014)
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    Prisoner portrait from the Geraldo Beltrão Penitentiary in João Pessoa, Brazil.
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    Photo: Nicolò Lanfranchi for COLORS magazine, issue no. 90 - Football (June 2014)
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    Prisoner portrait from the Geraldo Beltrão Penitentiary in João Pessoa, Brazil.
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    Photo: Nicolò Lanfranchi for COLORS magazine, issue no. 90 - Football (June 2014)
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    Guard portrait from the Geraldo Beltrão Penitentiary in João Pessoa, Brazil.
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    Photo: Nicolò Lanfranchi for COLORS magazine, issue no. 90 - Football (June 2014)
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    Guard portrait from the Geraldo Beltrão Penitentiary in João Pessoa, Brazil.
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    Photo: Nicolò Lanfranchi for COLORS magazine, issue no. 90 - Football (June 2014)
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    The soccer court inside the Geraldo Beltrão Penitentiary in João Pessoa, Brazil.
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    Prisoners practice inside their cell at the Geraldo Beltrão Penitentiary in João Pessoa, Brazil.
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    Photo: Nicolò Lanfranchi for COLORS magazine, issue no. 90 - Football (June 2014)
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    All the games are played barefoot because it's a sand court.
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    Photo: Nicolò Lanfranchi for COLORS magazine, issue no. 90 - Football (June 2014)
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    Inmates juggle in the Geraldo Beltrão kitchen.
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    The winning inmate team played a team made up of prison guards for the grand championship.
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