Crafts produced in Agepen prison units (State Agency for the Administration of the Penitentiary System) are being sold at the 19th Free Artisan Fair – Mother’s Day Special, with around 350 pieces on display including crochet and utilitarian items, metal decoration and clay decoration. The big news this year are resin products, such as necklaces, keychains and vase holders.
The Fair is the result of a partnership between Agepen and the Public Ministry of Mato Grosso do Sul, through the 50th Public Prosecutor’s Office, with the support of the Community Council, Instituto Ação pela Paz and Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie/SP. The difference is that, this year, the fair is itinerant, that is, with exhibitions in different places.
At the opening of the event, held on Tuesday (7), at the “Heitor Medeiros” Forum, the director of Penitentiary Assistance at Agepen, Maria de Lourdes Delgado Alves, highlighted that the action is the result of the dedication of prison staff and directors who provide work to inmates, under the coordination of the prison agency’s Labor Division.
The pieces are exclusive and were made by 67 inmates from eight units: EPJFC (Penal Establishment “Jair Ferreira de Carvalho”), IPCG (Penal Institute of Campo Grande), PTRAN (Traffic Prison of Campo Grande), CTAL (Triage Center “Anísio Lima”), EPFIIZ (Female Penal Establishment “Irmã Irma Zorzi”), EPFRSAAA (Female Penal Establishment with Semi-Open, Open Regime and Hostel Assistance in Campo Grande); EPFRB (Female Penal Establishment of Rio Brilhante) and EPFPS (Female Penal Establishment “Luiz Pereira da Silva”), of Jateí.
Jaison Roberto Moreto, from Santa Catarina, took advantage of the opportunity to be in Campo Grande to purchase gifts during the exhibition and highlighted the importance of participating in this action aimed at resocialization. “It’s great to see products produced by people deprived of their freedom. We are not just acquiring a product, we are stimulating prison work that will make a difference when they return to society,” he highlighted.
Sales locations
This Wednesday (8), from 1pm to 5pm, starts at the Senador Ramez Tebet Labor Forum, Rua Jornalista Belizário Lima, 418; and closes on Thursday (9), from 1pm to 5pm, at the Regional Labor Attorney’s Office of the 24th Region.
*With information from Agepen
