A prisoner in Amazonas costs three times more than in São Paulo.
The Public Prosecutor's Office of Amazonas states that the amount paid to Umanizzare is higher than in other states and that there is "lack of security control and management inefficiency"; currently, the company cares for 6.099 inmates in 6 units; officially, the amount paid is R$ 4.129, but a survey of the Treasury's accounts indicates that the average amount transferred to the company was R$ 5.867; regardless of the conflicting figures, the amount is much higher than in other states. In Greater São Paulo, the ratio of budget to prison population was R$ 2,1 per prisoner; however, according to the São Paulo Penitentiary Administration Secretariat (SAP), the average in the state is R$ 1.450.
247 - The Public Prosecutor's Office of Amazonas states that the amount paid to Umanizzare, which manages 6.099 inmates in 6 prison units, is higher than in other states and that there is "lack of security control and management inefficiency." Officially, the amount paid is R$ 4.129, but a survey of the Treasury's accounts indicates that the average amount transferred to the company was R$ 5.867. Regardless of the conflicting figures, the amount is much higher than in other states. In Greater São Paulo, the ratio of budget to prison population was R$ 2,1 per inmate. According to the São Paulo State Penitentiary Administration Secretariat (SAP), however, the average in the state is R$ 1.450.
As information They are from the State of São Paulo.
"In 2016, payments to Umanizzare doubled compared to the previous year. According to a report from the Amazonas State Finance Secretariat, published on the Transparency Portal, R$ 429,4 million was allocated to Umanizzare last year. This amount is 115% higher than in 2015, when the transfer was R$ 199,5 million. Among the units managed by the company is the Anísio Jobim Penitentiary Complex (Compaj), where 56 inmates were killed in one of the largest massacres in the history of prisons in the country. In a statement, the Amazonas government disputed the Finance Secretariat's data, claiming that it paid R$ 302,2 million in 2016."
The Secretary of Security, Sérgio Fontes, also assessed the outsourced management of prisons in Amazonas, requesting a contractual review. "These contractual relationships really need to be reviewed," he said on Wednesday.
A survey based on the Treasury Department's report indicates that the average monthly cost per inmate for each of the 6.099 prisoners in the six units managed by the company was R$ 5.867 in 2016. If the amount reported by the government is considered, the cost would fall to R$ 4.129 per month. In Greater São Paulo, the ratio of budget to prison population was R$ 2,1 per inmate. However, according to the São Paulo State Penitentiary Administration (SAP), the average in the state is R$ 1.450.
Besides the high cost, inefficient management was one of the reasons why the prosecutor from the MPC-AM (Public Prosecutor's Office of Amazonas), Ruy Marcelo Alencar, requested that the contracts be terminated. “The current situation in the prison units is one of absolute lack of control,” he states in the report. He highlights photographic records showing “various weapons, cell phones, and dozens of escape tunnels” in the facilities. The Minister of Justice, Alexandre de Moraes, also believes there was administrative failure in the complex. “Because otherwise, machetes, heavy weapons, alcohol, and cell phones wouldn't have gotten in.”