 One block was left intact to be used as a museum, now open to public and accessible via Carandiru Metro Station ("Estação Carandiru").Today the Parque da Juventude complex is located on the site of the former penitentiary.The Carandiru Penitentiary is the inspiration for the Penitenciaría Federal de Sona; the prison the fictional TV character, Michael Scofield, was incarcerated in during the third season of the US television series "Prison Break".