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WINNER, MOST PROMISING APPROACH EXPERIENCES FROM THE FIELD 2013
ASSOCIATION FOR PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO CONVICTS (APAC)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION PROJECT
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CHALLENGING CONDITIONS IN BRAZIL
Brazil – fourth largest population of inmates world wide (549,577
inmates)
Growth of 136% from 2000 to 2012
Population exceeds capacity by 194,650
Overcrowded prisons with violent and inhumane conditions
Significant HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis infection rates
Largely young and uneducated population• 73% of prisoners are under 34 years old• More than 70% of inmates did not complete elementary
school
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APAC PROJECT OVERVIEW
• Improves labor market opportunities and increases society’s safety • Provides prisoners professional training and work opportunities to gain
employable skills while in prison• Baking, civil construction, interview skills• Work = primary means for socialization and rehabilitation and recovery of
human dignity• Prisoners have opportunities to work outside jail in day time and return to jail at
night
Internal Activity
Job Skills Training
In-house Production
External Activity
Businesses
Job Market
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HOW APAC JAILS WORK
R$ 2,800.00
R$ 900.00
Cost to the state per inmateStandard Sys-tem
APAC
R$ 45,000.0
0
R$ 15,000.0
0
Construction cost per vacancyStandard sys-tem
APAC
(Source: State Department of Social Defense, National Penitentiary Department, APAC, Prison Managers Consortium Members)
• 2,400 inmates in 34 APAC Minas Gerais jails• Prisoners placed in APAC jail closest to hometowns to integrate
with community• Every three days of work reduces prison sentence by one day• Prison facility and guards are gun-free
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PROJECT RESULTS
• APAC jail model replicated abroad in Asia, Eastern Europe, S. Asia, and other parts of Latin America
• Recidivism rate from Brazilian public jails: 75-80%
• Recidivism rate from Brazilian APAC jails: 10-15%
• Increasing involvement of public authorities and private sector
Poder Executivo
Poder Judiciario
Setor Privado Sociedade Civil
Unidades Prisionais
APAC
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PROGRAM BOLSTERED BY SUPPORTIVE POLICIES
Participation of the Federation of Industries of Minas Gerais (FIEMG) and
major industrial companies in various sectors in Brazil to create the Instituto
Minas Pela Paz to promote employment policies, together with AVSI
Foundation, FBAC, the State government and Court, with support from the
European Union - Human Rights unit:
• Professional training and certification
• Entry into the labor market or entrepreneurial support
• Job placement and monitoring after hire
• Internal production facilities
• Tax incentives for companies hiring former inmates and laws promoting
reintegration
Every person is greater than his or her mistakes
CONTACT:
FUNDAÇÃO AVSIBELO HORIZONTE
BRAZILgianfranco.commodaro@
avsi.org
AVSI USAWASHINGTON DC
FBACITAUNA - MG
INSTITUTO MINASPELA PAZ
BELO HORIZONTEBRAZIL
TRIBUNAL DE JUSTIÇAMINAS GERAIS
BRAZIL [email protected]