In order to soften the impact of the full closure of prisons due to the new coronavirus, which has suspended around 1 million monthly visits registered across the country, the Humanitas360 Institute and the National Justice Council (CNJ) are working together to consolidate virtual social visits. Initially, the institutions are working to expand a project...
Category: Violence Reduction
Humanitas Institute360’s actions to help fight the pandemic in Maranhão
The Humanitas360 Institute has been acting on several fronts to help mitigate the effects of the pandemic in Maranhão, the state in Northern Brazil where we implemented the Cuxá Cooperative. We donated 2,000 liters of sanitary water to the state’s prison units and material for the production of 88,000 protection masks, which adds up to...
Women are more vulnerable to drug trafficking convictions because Justice incriminates more petty crimes, says violence researcher
The new coronavirus pandemic has particularly affected the most vulnerable groups in Brazil – and with the prison population it would be no different. We have seen an increase in cases of rebellions (in states such as São Paulo and Amazonas) and the recrudescence of punitive measures, such as the proposal to adopt ” containers...
Letter about the Coronavirus and the work of Humanitas360 Institute
COVID-19 isn’t the most lethal disease humanity has ever fought, but it is unique in its ability to expose vulnerabilities of modern society. From overwhelmed public health systems to decimated economies to the unreliable spread of vital information, this pandemic has caused and revealed an unprecedented set of challenges which can only be met through...
Humanitas360 Institute starts working at Social Cooperative Cuxá, in Northeast Brazil
In early March, the Humanitas360 team was in São Luís, Maranhão (northeast Brazil), to coordinate efforts to open the Cuxá…
First batch of embroidery made outside the prison reestablish Lili Cooperative’s production
In the second meeting with freed women of the Lili Cooperative, held in February at the Humanitas360 Institute, the focus was on reestablishing the textile production. Ana Cristina, Dirce, Gláucia, Geane, Tânia and Tais brought the first batch of embroidery, crochet and other works they did in their homes during the end of the year....
Brazilian writer Ferréz on entrepreneurship, literature from the periphery and criminal justice system
“I went to a meeting of startups the other day and one of the people there said: if you want to build a startup, the first thing you have to do is the math. You have to have money to get it started, to make an investment and profit from it. If don’t have it,...
Former female detainees of Humanitas360’s cooperative set off new phase of project originated at the penitentiary
The Humanitas360 Institute held a meeting with five freed women associated in the work cooperative, supported by the project Entrepreneurship Behind and Beyond Bars. The encounter sets off a new phase of the work they began when they were imprisoned at Women’s Penitentiary II, in Tremembé, São Paulo (Brazil), with the cooperative named Lili. Now...
Brazilian singer Alcione to become godmother of cooperative for female detainees in Maranhão, Brazil
Brazilian singer Alcione accepted the invitation made by the president of the Humanitas360 Institute, Patrícia Villela Marino, to become the godmother of the new cooperative for female detainees that H360 is implementing in Maranhão state, Brazil, in partnership with the National Council of Justice and the state government. The sambista was happy: “I’m going there...
Governor of Maranhão visits Humanitas360 Institute and shares details of cooperative project in Female Prison Unit of São Luís
The governor of the state of Maranhão, Flávio Dino, visited the Humanitas360 Institute to discuss the plan to implement work cooperatives for inmates at the Female Prison Unit of São Luís, a project articulated by the National Justice Council. In a conversation with the team, the governor underscored the importance of this partnership to meet...