APAC Feminina

What APAC Feminina does

APAC Feminina is a non-profit entity (Entidade sem fins lucrativos) headquartered in Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It operates a 60-bed rehabilitation facility for women sentenced to deprivation of liberty, drawing residents from Conselheiro Lafaiete and surrounding municipalities including Ouro Branco and Congonhas. The organization applies the APAC methodology — a rehabilitation approach centered on discipline, labor therapy (laboterapia), and spirituality — across three prison regimes (closed, semi-open, and open), with residents participating in facility operations such as food preparation and cleaning under staff supervision.

The entity operates with a small team of 14 employees and a leadership structure headed by President Dr. João Vitor Vieira Pinto e Silva, supported by a Treasurer (Dra. Moema Rabelo) and administrative and financial sector leads (Sandra Esteves and Giovani Campos). It maintains a formalized partnership with APAC Masculina de Conselheiro Lafaiete, which provides operational support including furniture construction. Its core communications are conducted through a Blogger blog (apacmulher.blogspot.com) with social sharing to Facebook, X, and Pinterest.

The business model is non-commercial. Services are provided at no cost to beneficiaries, and the organization is funded through government allocations from the justice system and community donations, as evidenced by public appeals for items such as large cooking pots. The operating perimeter is bounded to a single facility in Minas Gerais, with no disclosed geographic expansion, technology products, or revenue transactions reported in the available data.

Name

APAC Feminina

Legal name

APAC FEMININA - Conselheiro Lafaiete

Website

https://apacmulher.blogspot.com.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

APAC Feminina is a Brazilian non-profit operating a 60-bed women's rehabilitation facility in Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, using the APAC methodology of discipline, work, and spirituality. It serves women sentenced to deprivation of liberty under government authorization, funded by state allocations and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Correctional Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Other Residential Care Facilities (6239), Other Residential Care Facilities (623990)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB)

Keywords

• Correctional rehabilitation services
• Women prisoner rehabilitation
• APAC methodology
• Community-based corrections
• Incarcerated women resocialization

Headquarters

HQ city

Conselheiro Lafaiete

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

APAC Feminina is a non-profit rehabilitation facility that welcomes women condemned to deprivation of liberty and provides their sentence using the APAC methodology, focused on discipline, work therapy (laboterapia), and spirituality. The facility has a total capacity of 60 spots distributed across three prison regimes (closed, semi-open, and open), where residents (recuperandas) participate in daily activities including food preparation, cleaning, organizational duties, and religious activities under staff supervision. Services are provided at no cost to beneficiaries, with funding sourced from government allocations and donations.

Product overview

APAC Feminina is a non-profit rehabilitation entity that does not offer technology products or services. It is a social organization that provides accommodation and recovery services for women convicted and sentenced to deprivation of liberty, using the APAC methodology which focuses on discipline through work and spirituality. The organization accommodates women with a total capacity of 60 beds across three prison regimes. Residents (recuperandas) participate in daily activities including food preparation, cleaning, work therapy (laboterapia), and religious activities, supervised by staff such as cooks and security inspectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• APAC Feminina Rehabilitation Program (Women)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• APAC Masculina de Conselheiro LafaietecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPAC Masculina provides operational support including construction of furniture (beds) for the female facility. The two organizations collaborate under the leadership of Major Marco Antônio da Silva (President of APAC Masculina) and Dr. João Vitor Vieira Pinto e Silva (President of APAC Feminina), with both leaders committed to the APAC methodology.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• IBCCRIM (Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais): Brazilian institute focused on criminal justice policy, research, and reform advocacy. While not a direct service provider, it shapes the policy environment in which APAC-style alternative incarceration models operate and expand.
• Conectas Direitos Humanos: Leading Brazilian human rights NGO working on criminal justice, incarceration conditions, and prisoner rights. A potential ecosystem partner and a comparable non-profit advocacy organization operating in the same social justice space.

Direct peers

• APAC Brasil (Associação de Proteção e Assistência aos Condenados): National umbrella organization for the APAC methodology, coordinating the network of APAC units across Brazil. APAC Feminina is an affiliated member unit; the parent organization provides methodology, training, and shared advocacy for the same criminal justice reform model.
• APAC Masculina de Conselheiro Lafaiete: Sibling APAC unit operating the same APAC methodology for male incarcerated individuals in the same city. Shares leadership, operational support, and physical infrastructure elements with APAC Feminina, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• APAC de Santa Luzia: Another APAC-affiliated facility applying the same methodology in Minas Gerais. Operates as a non-profit residential rehabilitation organization with similar funding, governance, and operational structure.
• APAC Itaúna: A long-established APAC unit in Itaúna, Minas Gerais, operating the same methodology. Comparable as a non-profit residential rehabilitation entity applying the APAC approach to incarceration alternatives.

Broad incumbents

• Pastoral Carcerária (CNBB): National Catholic prison pastoral under the Brazilian Bishops' Conference, providing spiritual and social support to incarcerated individuals across Brazil. A broader incumbent operating in the same prison rehabilitation and resocialization space with overlapping mission.
• Prison Fellowship Brasil: Brazilian arm of the international Prison Fellowship network, focused on prisoner rehabilitation, spiritual support, and post-release reintegration. Operates more broadly across the criminal justice system but shares a faith-based rehabilitation mission.

Emerging players

• Instituto Humanitas360: Brazilian non-profit focused on human rights and rehabilitation of incarcerated and post-incarcerated individuals. Comparable mission (resocialization, dignity, reintegration) and works with similar populations, including women.

Regional players

• Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ) - Programa APAC: Brazilian federal judiciary body that has formally recognized and promoted the APAC methodology as a model for alternative incarceration. Functions as a regulatory and policy enabler rather than a service provider, but is the key institutional gatekeeper for the APAC model's expansion.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/apac-feminina

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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