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ASSOCIATION FOR PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO CONVICTS (APAC) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION PROJECT

ASSOCIATION FOR PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO CONVICTS (APAC) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION PROJECT. WINNER, MOST PROMISING APPROACH EXPERIENCES FROM THE FIELD 2013. CHALLENGING CONDITIONS IN BRAZIL. Brazil – fourth largest population of inmates world wide ( 549,577 inmates)

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ASSOCIATION FOR PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO CONVICTS (APAC) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION PROJECT

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  1. ASSOCIATION FOR PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO CONVICTS (APAC) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION PROJECT WINNER, MOST PROMISING APPROACH EXPERIENCES FROM THE FIELD 2013

  2. 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

  3. APAC PROJECT OVERVIEW Internal Activity External Activity • 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 Job Skills Training Businesses Job Market In-house Production

  4. HOW APAC JAILS WORK • 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 byone day • Prison facility and guards are gun-free (Source: State Department of Social Defense, National Penitentiary Department, APAC, Prison Managers Consortium Members)

  5. 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 PoderJudiciario Sociedade Civil PoderExecutivo SetorPrivado UnidadesPrisionais APAC

  6. 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

  7. CONTACT: FUNDAÇÃO AVSI BELO HORIZONTE BRAZIL gianfranco.commodaro@avsi.org AVSI USA WASHINGTON DC USA ezio.castelli@avsi.org FBAC ITAUNA - MG BRAZIL valdeci.fbac@hotmail.com INSTITUTO MINAS PELA PAZ BELO HORIZONTE BRAZIL marco@fiat.com.br TRIBUNAL DE JUSTIÇA MINAS GERAIS BRAZIL luiz.santos@tjmg.jus.br.org Every person is greater than his or her mistakes

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