Directed by Simonetta D'Italia Wiener
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 1972, 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, APAC (Association for the Protection and Assistance of Convicts).
The results have been extraordinary. While the crime rate and recidivism rates have continued to increase in Brazil's public prisons, within the APAC system they have steadily decreased.
UNGUARDED explores the unique method behind this system, now present in twenty three countries across four continents, where there are no guards or guns. Observing the daily lives of the "recuperandos" (recovering inmates) who live and work there, we see firsthand why¡ªas one inmate puts it¡ª"no one escapes from love."
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