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...
Category: Violence Reduction
Public security experts discuss violence reduction strategies
In one of the events celebrating the two years of CIVI-CO, the space for social impact businesses where Humanitas360 is based in São Paulo, a debate with public security experts gathered the lawyer and executive director of Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (Institute to Defend the Right of Defense) Marina Dias, the journalist...
Cooperation versus slavery: privatization and the exploitation of incarcerated work force in Sao Paulo’s prisons
Ricardo Anderáos Vice President of Humanitas360 Institute The privatization of detention centers in Sao Paulo led to a courthouse war between the state government, on the one side, and public defenders, public prosecutors, and organizations such as Conectas and Humanitas360 on the other. Amidst several aggressions to both state and federal constitutions reported by these...
Humanitas360 participates in the launching of Incarceration Nations Network at Nelson Mandela Foundation
Nelson Mandela Foundation’s headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, staged in the beginning of November the launching of a coalition of social organizations working for the reformation of the prison system in many parts of the planet. The mission of the Incarceration Nations Network (INN) is supporting and divulging innovations in the sector. As a member...
Humanitas360’s lawsuit stops privatization of penitentiaries in São Paulo
In October, Humanitas360 issued and won a lawsuit at the State Court of Audit in São Paulo in order to temporarily suspend the licitation for privatization of four detention centers of the state. Besides this progress, another lawsuit is being carried out in the State Court of Justice by the Public Defense, IBCCRIM (Brazilian Institute...
Governor Flávio Dino and president of H360 work out details for the implementation of an inmate cooperative in Maranhão
A luncheon hosted by Governor Flávio Dino on Sept. 25 at Palácio dos Leões, the seat of government for the…
Marca Tereza displays products by Tremembé Penitentiary inmates in the Madalenas Market, in São Paulo
Handicraft products produced by the inmates of Women’s Penitentiary II of Tremembé enchanted shoppers at the Madalenas Market, a bazaar…
Chef Helena Rizzo invites the cooperative members at the Women’s Penitentiary II of Tremembé to sow decoration pieces for the new Padoca do Maní
H360’s work to develop the cooperative at the Women’s Penitentiary II of Tremembé captured Maní Group’s attention, which brings together…
Humanitas360 presents its work in a class at the São Paulo Police Academy for postgraduate students
As part of the postgraduate program at the Civil Police Academy of São Paulo (Acadepol), the president of Instituto Humanitas360,…
Patrícia Villela Marino, president of Humanitas360, speaks about the business model for Behind and Beyond Bars at Festival BlastU
On August 13 and 14, Instituto Humanitas360 participated in the BlastU festival, which brings together startups, social organizations and major…