In early March, the Humanitas360 team was in São Luís, Maranhão (northeast Brazil), to coordinate efforts to open the Cuxá…
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Category: Violence Reduction
28/02/202028/02/2020
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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....
24/01/202029/01/2020
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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,...
19/12/201928/01/2020
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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...
19/12/201911/05/2020
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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...
19/12/201912/05/2020
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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...
09/12/201920/01/2020
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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...
02/12/201902/12/2019
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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...
29/11/201929/11/2019
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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...
31/10/201931/10/2019
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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...