Priscila Xavier Carolino, 29, nine-month-pregnant and almost due with her fifth child, poses in her hotel room in Cracolandia, Sao Paulo, provided by the Bracos Abertos (Open Arms) program. Like many bellied women here, Priscila's pregnancy is considered high risk.
Priscila Pareschi shows her Bracos Abertos ID. She works at least two hours every day sweeping the streets of downtown Sao Paulo as part of her duties with the program.
After work many of the Bracos Abertos addicts go to "The Fluxo," pictured here on a rainy day, to smoke crack. Crack is plentiful and cheap enough in Cracôlandia — a hit costs as little as 5 Brazilian reais, or US$2 — to satisfy demands of low-income drug users.
A crack addict walks by police cars in Cracolandia, Sao Paulo.
A magazine with an article about crack in the cover lays in the sofa of the house of a pastor who lives and works in Cracolandia, Sao Paulo.
Police officers inside the van in Cracolandia, Sao Paulo, take a break from monitoring the camera feed.