Daniele Bezerra, sister of lawyer and influencer Deolane Bezerra, encouraged her followers to send letters to the Tupi Paulista Women's Penitentiary (SP), where the family member has been imprisoned since May, on suspicion of involvement in a money laundering scheme for the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC).
In a video published on social media, she explained that Deolane receives and reads all messages and also keeps them. Check it out in the video.
According to Daniele, the influencer received telegrams with birthday messages, affection and prayers. She also said that other people expressed concern about not knowing whether the mail reached Deolane.
"She is receiving all the telegrams, all the letters. The [prison] unit delivers them, she reads them and keeps them with great care, until the day she can bring them out," he said.
Daniele also clarified that it is not necessary to send telegrams, which tend to cost more. According to her, conventional letters are also delivered to the prison unit, but they take a little longer to arrive.
"The difference between the letter and the telegram is because the telegram arrives faster, the next day, at most two days, the unit already delivers it. However, the letters are also delivered. The difference is that the letters take a little longer to reach the penitentiary", he explained.
Correspondence in prison units
Of this total, 539,818 were correspondence sent by people deprived of their liberty, while 431,769 were received. The coordination brings together 36 prison complexes and units, of which the Tupi Paulista prison is part.
In 2025, 625,345 pieces of correspondence were sent and 512,400 were received. In 2024, the numbers were 637,978 and 530,957, respectively.
According to the Penitentiary Administration Secretariat (SAP), correspondence goes through security procedures.
Letters are received by the reception and security area, which check the identification of senders and recipients and carry out physical inspections. If irregularities are identified, administrative measures may be adopted.
Imprisoned since May 2026
Deolane Bezerra was arrested on May 21, 2026, on suspicion of involvement in a money laundering scheme by Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC). She was denounced by the Public Ministry (MP), as were other defendants within the scope of Operation Vérnix.
At the end of August, the court decided to keep the lawyer and the other defendants in prison. At the time, Deolane's defense classified the decision as “unnecessary, illegal and disproportionate”.
According to the Public Ministry's complaint, the criminal organization was divided into three groups: the decision-making group, made up of the head of the PCC, Marco Willians Herbas Camacho, and Alejandro Juvenal Herbas Camacho Junior; operational; and finance - according to the accusation, Deolane is part of this last group.
According to the Public Ministry's complaint, prosecutors from the Special Action Group to Combat Organized Crime (Gaeco) state that Deolane would be "the main member of the financial core, responsible for hiding and dissimulating funds of illicit origin through bank accounts linked to her and her companies, in addition to converting these amounts into goods of high economic value."
Another argument presented by Gaeco is that two of the defendants, Paloma Sanches Herbas Camacho and Leonardo Alexsander Ribeiro Herbas Camacho, remain at large, which, in the Prosecutor's opinion, reinforces the need for preventive detention to ensure the application of criminal law.
Deolane Bezerra's defense claims that the client is innocent and has no ties to the criminal organization.
Operation Vernix
According to the complaint, those investigated were part of a criminal organization focused on concealing and disguising resources from illicit activities attributed to the PCC.
According to the Public Ministry, analyzes of tax and banking documents and technical reports would indicate movements of large amounts of money and the conversion of these resources into assets with the appearance of legal origin. The indictment also claims that the group used shell companies and intermediaries, known as "oranges", to hide the origin of the money.
In July, the São Paulo Court of Justice (TJ-SP) unanimously denied a request for habeas corpus presented by Deolane's defense. At the time, the rapporteur, judge Renata Cantello, stated that the allegations presented by the defense and by the OAB-SP report represented "mere dissatisfaction with the natural rigidity of the detention regime and issues of internal administrative management", without demonstrating illegality in pre-trial detention nor justifying its replacement by house arrest.
What does the defense say?
At that moment, Deolane Bezerra's defense says that they receive the decision to maintain preventive detention with surprise, as the arrest is clearly unnecessary, illegal and disproportionate.
She informs that her client is innocent, having no connection with a criminal organization, and that her financial transactions are the result of lawful business activities and legal fees, as will be duly proven during the evidentiary investigation.
The defense reiterates its confidence in the institutions and will continue to adopt all applicable instruments to reestablish freedom.
