The Doria government announces the privatization of four prisons

The Government of São Paulo announced this Friday (18) the privatization of state prisons through public-private partnerships (PPP) ). The proposal is to transfer to the private sector, as of 2019, the management of four of the twelve penitentiaries under construction in São Paulo.

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In addition to these units, the extension of the penitentiary system, with the construction of three penitentiary complexes, will also be under the regime of

At present, São Paulo has 171 prisons and , with 12 new units, will reach 183, thus increasing the capacity of the prison system by 12,000 places.

The only complex of a concession model is located in Minas Gerais, Ribeirão das Neves, and is operational since 2013 with two units. of closed regime and one of semiaberto, with 2,164 vacancies

Governor João Doria said that the implantation would be done in all the prisons of the state during the four years of his mandate. At a press conference, the deputy governor and government secretary, Rodrigo Garcia, however, indicated that the change of direction would only concern the extension of the system.

According to Garcia, the secretariat to the prison administration. today 35 thousand employees. "For the governor, it is not necessary for the public servant to be public, the service is public, but it does not have to be public." Non-delegable police services will continue to be provided by the Public Security Secretariat, but all internal penitentiary services will be provided through a public-private partnership. "

Garcia announced that at the end of this month, public-private partnership councils of state and privatization gather to approve new modeling in the penitentiary system. "We will issue a notice of public consultation as soon as possible, so that this notice receives the necessary suggestions and criticism from interested parties, so that we can make the final announcement.In 2019 we will publish the first [edital] of São Paulo, this will depend on the results of the stakeholders still in this year 2019. "

The Secretary of the Prison Service, Nilvaldo Cesar Restivo, said that the new model should include the offer of An internal industrial park, as well as basic and vocational education.

Restivo pointed out that criteria will be established for the evaluation of private initiative. "It is not enough to have a concession, it is necessary in particular to badyze the objective criteria to demonstrate clearly and unequivocally that the person in charge of the complex respects the objective criteria defined by the government of São Paulo in a notice published to the public", said the secretary [19659005] Agência Brasil