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Site Description: Quito and Guayaquil

— filed under: Region:Latin America, Country:Ecuador

Since its inception in 1984, Confraternidad Carcelaria del Ecuador (CCE) has concentrated its efforts along the following: (a.) evangelisation in order to reach as many of the prisoners as possible, and (b.) CCE has developed its own distinct APAC Method, based on the Brazilian APAC Model.

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Restorative justice is a theory of justice that emphasizes repairing the harm caused or revealed by criminal behaviour. It is best accomplished through cooperative processes that include all stakeholders.

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