Category: Violence Reduction

President of H360 discusses drug law on Brazilian TV
19/09/202309/10/2023
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President of H360 discusses drug law on Brazilian TV

On September 18th, TV Cultura’s Roda Viva – one of the main journalistic programs on Brazilian television – was the stage for an in-depth debate on the causes and effects of the war on drugs, such as mass incarceration, and its possible solutions. Guest of the program, the president of the Humanitas360 Institute and advisor...

Lula’s Conselhão will discuss National Policy on Psychoactive Substances
04/07/202325/07/2023
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Lula’s Conselhão will discuss National Policy on Psychoactive Substances

Initiative proposes rethinking the prohibition of drugs that can bring health benefits and stimulate the economy, in addition to allocating taxation on alcohol and tobacco to public health and public security policies The “Conselhão” created to advise President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, officially called the Sustainable Social Economic Development Council, has just established its...

Patrícia Villela Marino: “Revision of the Drug Law cannot be postponed”
29/06/202329/06/2023
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Patrícia Villela Marino: “Revision of the Drug Law cannot be postponed”

Between the end of May and throughout June, the judgment in the Supreme Federal Court that may decriminalize the possession of drugs for personal consumption in Brazil was included in the agenda of at least five sessions, but all of them was postponed. Stalled in the Court since 2015, the process discusses the constitutionality of...

H360 and Somos Marias inaugurate a multidisciplinary care space for women victims of domestic violence in Peruíbe
20/06/202303/07/2023
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H360 and Somos Marias inaugurate a multidisciplinary care space for women victims of domestic violence in Peruíbe

Last Friday (16), the Casa das Marias was inaugurated in Peruíbe, on the south coast of São Paulo. Conceived to welcome, guide and professionally train women victims of domestic violence, the project is a partnership between the Humanitas360 Institute and Somos Marias, a service network created by judge Danielle Grandinetti, of the 2nd Court of...

Cooperative members supported by H360 open Itaú bank accounts in Maranhão
15/04/202305/05/2023
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Cooperative members supported by H360 open Itaú bank accounts in Maranhão

Access to a bank account is a fundamental part of the social reintegration process of imprisoned people, guaranteeing more autonomy for those deprived of liberty. On March 14, an important step in this direction was taken for 15 women who are part of the cooperative created by the Humanitas360 Institute in the Women’s Prison Unit...

Incarcerated man is admitted to medical school in Paraíba and studies with the support of LAB360
24/11/202213/12/2022
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Incarcerated man is admitted to medical school in Paraíba and studies with the support of LAB360

The LAB360 project, created by the Humanitas360 Institute to enable inmates to make social visits and study remotely, has helped write an important chapter in the history of resocialization and social reintegration in Paraíba. In the last few days, a particular story drew attention to this effort: an inmate from Campina Grande’s Regional Prison Raimundo...