Coordinator, Center for Studies on Public Security and Citizenship (CESeC), Universidade Candido Mendes
Julita Lemgruber is a Brazilian sociologist who has held different positions in public service. Among these she has been the General Director of the Prison System (1991/1994) and the Police Ombudsman (1999/2000) both in the State of Rio de Janeiro and a member of the National Council for Criminal and Penitentiary Policy in the federal government (1995/1998)
From the year 2000, Ms. Lemgruber has been the Coordinator of the Center for Studies on Public Security and Citizenship at University Candido Mendes, she was a board member of Penal Reform International (1995/2005) and is presently a board member of the International Drug Policy Consortium.
How the war on drugs fuels deadly prison riots in Brazil
Oct 20, 2016 09:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Brazil has a prison problem. Recent crises have brought renewed attention to mass incarceration, overcrowding, and the lawlessness and inhumanity of Brazils jails issues that are often ignored, but hardly new. Two...