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UNGUARDED

An unprecedented documentary that takes us inside the walls of APAC, the revolutionary Brazilian prison system. Focused on the recovery of the person rather than punishment, APAC shows us that—as one inmate put it—“no one escapes from love.”

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a fILM BY SIMONETTA d'ITALIA WIENER
pRODUCED BY T.J. BERDEN
wITH AVSI-USA SUPPORT

UNGUARDED takes us inside the walls of APAC, the revolutionary Brazilian prison system centered on the full recovery and rehabilitation of the person. Beginning in 1970, APAC founder Dr. Mario Ottoboni volunteered in some of Brazil’s worst prisons. Seeing men and women frequently return to a life of crime once they left prison, Dr. Ottoboni decided to found his own restorative justice-based system. The results have been extraordinary: while the crime rate and recidivism rates have continued to increase in Brazil’s public prisons, within the APAC (Association for the Protection and Assistance of Convicts) system they have steadily decreased. UNGUARDED explores the unique method behind this system, now present in twenty three countries across four continents. Observing the daily lives of the “recuperandos” (recovering inmates) who live and work there, we see firsthand why—as one inmate puts it—“no one escapes from love.”

“Here enters man. The crime is left outside”

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