Rede Justiça Criminal

What Rede Justiça Criminal does

Rede Justiça Criminal (RJC) is a Brazilian civil society coalition founded in 2010 to combat mass incarceration and reform the country's criminal justice system. Originally formed by seven civil society organizations, it has expanded to nine member organizations: CESeC, Conectas Direitos Humanos, DDH, Gajop, IDDD, IDEAS Assessoria Popular, ITTC, Instituto Sou da Paz, and Justiça Global. The coalition's work centers on decarceration policy, anti-racism advocacy, torture prevention, and protection of democratic rights, targeting Brazil's over 700,000 prison population housed in facilities designed for 371,000 vacancies. RJC engages in legislative advocacy, judicial interventions, and public campaigns to influence the National Congress, Supreme Court (STF), National Council of Justice (CNJ), and state authorities.

The coalition does not operate as a technology product company. Its outputs include advocacy campaigns (e.g., "Encarceramento em Massa não é Justiça," #EleicoesSemTruque, #TorturaNaoSeVePelaTV, "Pacote Anticrime: Uma Solução Fake"), public campaigns leveraging virtual reality ("Realidade Visceral"), data platforms documenting prison conditions ("Deixados para Morrer"), publications, and annual transparency reports. Marketing and distribution rely on a website, newsletter, social media, YouTube, and earned media. The coalition is LGPD-compliant and headquartered at Gajop in Recife since 2021, after administrative management transferred from São Paulo-based organizations.

RJC's revenue model is grant-based, with no commercial products or services sold. Funding comes from international foundations and civil society supporters, including Fundo Brasil, Oak Foundation, and Open Society Foundations. The organization currently operates with approximately 10 staff and is governed collectively by its nine member organizations, with administrative and financial management rotating among members (originally Sou da Paz, then IDDD, currently Gajop).

Name

Rede Justiça Criminal

Legal name

Rede Justiça Criminal

Website

https://redejusticacriminal.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Rede Justiça Criminal is a Brazilian civil society coalition of nine organizations, founded in 2010, that advocates for criminal justice reform, decarceration, and human rights through legislative influence, judicial interventions, and public campaigns targeting policymakers and society.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Criminal Justice Advocacy

NAICS

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Criminal Justice Reform & Legal System Advocacy (BPAGAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC), Reentry, Rehabilitation & Reintegration Programs (Education, Vocational, Case Management) (BPAKANAH)

Keywords

• Criminal justice reform
• Civil society coalition
• Decarceration advocacy
• Human rights policy
• Criminal justice advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Recife

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation grants and donor funding: Rede Justiça Criminal operates as a nonprofit coalition funded by international foundations and civil society supporters. The network receives financial support from foundations including Fundo Brasil, Oak Foundation, and Open Society Foundations to fund advocacy activities, campaigns, publications, and operational costs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Rede Justiça Criminal is a coalition of nine Brazilian civil society organizations that conducts coordinated policy advocacy, public campaigns, and legislative lobbying to advance decarceration policies and criminal justice reform in Brazil. The network engages with the National Congress, Supreme Court, and public authorities to influence criminal justice policy, fights structural racism and torture in detention, and runs public awareness campaigns such as #EleicoesSemTruque, #TorturaNaoSeVePelaTV, and Encarceramento em Massa não é Justiça. Its services are funded by foundation grants and support collective advocacy on pre-trial detention, prison conditions, and democratic rights protections.

Product overview

Rede Justiça Criminal is a coalition of nine Brazilian civil society organizations, not a technology product company. The organization focuses on advocacy, public policy, and campaigns related to decarceration, criminal justice reform, and combating structural racism. Its activities include publishing annual reports, conducting advocacy campaigns (such as 'Encarceramento em Massa não é Justiça', '#EleiçõesSemTruque', and 'Deixados para Morrer'), producing publications, managing a newsletter subscription system, and operating campaign websites. These are advocacy and informational initiatives rather than commercial software products or services.

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Products and services

• Rede Justiça Criminal Coalition Advocacy Coordinated advocacy coalition providing policy analysis, legislative lobbying, and public campaigns to advance decarceration policies, criminal justice reform, and human rights protections in Brazil. Targeted at government institutions, National Congress, Supreme Court, and the broader public.
• Encarceramento em Massa não é Justiça Campaign Public awareness campaign using virtual reality technology to denounce mass incarceration in Brazilian prisons. Targeted at the general public, policymakers, and media to raise awareness of prison overcrowding conditions.
• Deixados para Morrer Online platform providing data and documented reports on the prison situation during the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. Targeted at journalists, researchers, policymakers, and the general public.

Quantifiable outcome

• Articulated three draft laws (2468/2020, 3648/2020, 978/2020) on Covid-19 in prisons
• +5 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Instituto Sou da Paz (Sou da Paz)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organization of Rede Justiça Criminal. Initially managed administrative and financial operations of the network when it was created in 2010. Works on public security, criminal justice, and decarceration policies.
• Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (IDDD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organization that handled administrative and financial management of the network. Focuses on defense rights, custody hearings, and prison system reform.
• Gabinete de Assessoria Jurídica às Organizações Populares (Gajop)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organization and current headquarters host. Assumed executive secretariat and administrative/financial management in 2021 when the secretariat was transferred to Recife.
• Centro de Estudos de Segurança e Cidadania (CESeC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organization of the coalition focusing on security and citizenship studies, violence research, and criminal justice policy analysis.
• Conectas Direitos HumanoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organization focusing on human rights, torture prevention, and criminal justice system reform in Brazil.
• Instituto de Defensores de Direitos Humanos (DDH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organization of the coalition working on human rights defense and criminal justice advocacy.
• Instituto Terra, Trabalho e Cidadania (ITTC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organization that filed the collective Habeas Corpus request to STF for pregnant women and mothers (2018). Focuses on prison alternatives and women in prison.
• Justiça GlobalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organization focusing on political violence, human rights, and criminal justice in Brazil.
• IDEAS (Assessoria Popular)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organization that joined the coalition bringing it to nine organizations. Works on popular legal assistance and criminal justice advocacy.
• Agenda Nacional pelo DesencarceramentominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization collaborating with RJC on decarceration campaigns including #TorturaNaoSeVePelaTV campaign against virtualization of custody hearings.
• Justiça Além do CárcereminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArticulation partner collaborating on custody hearing advocacy and anti-torture campaigns.
• Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner organization working on torture prevention in detention settings.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Broad incumbents

• Instituto Igarapé: Brazilian public security and criminal justice policy think tank producing research, data, and policy recommendations on incarceration, policing, and drug policy. Comparable to RJC in mission (criminal justice reform in Brazil) but operates as a broader policy/think-tank organization rather than an advocacy coalition.
• Amnesty International Brazil: Brazilian arm of Amnesty International, operating across the full human rights agenda including criminal justice, torture prevention, and police violence. A larger incumbent with overlapping mission but a broader, global mandate.

Direct peers

• Instituto Sou da Paz: Brazilian public security NGO and founding member of the RJC coalition. Directly comparable because it focuses on criminal justice, gun control, and policing reform in Brazil — overlapping heavily with RJC's mission and serving as a peer advocacy organization.
• Instituto Terra, Trabalho e Cidadania (ITTC): Brazilian NGO focused on prison alternatives and women in prison; member of the RJC coalition and the entity that filed the 2018 STF collective Habeas Corpus. Directly comparable in its prison-reform and decarceration focus.
• The Sentencing Project: U.S.-based research and advocacy organization focused on criminal justice reform, decarceration, and reducing racial disparities in the justice system. Directly comparable in mission, advocacy tactics, and policy focus on decarceration.
• Vera Institute of Justice: U.S.-based research and advocacy organization working on criminal justice reform, including decarceration, jail diversion, and pretrial reform. Directly comparable in its focus on pretrial detention and criminal justice policy reform.
• Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (IDDD): Brazilian NGO focused on defense rights, custody hearings, and prison system reform; IDDD is a member of RJC and previously handled its administrative management. Directly comparable in its advocacy for criminal procedural rights and prison reform.
• Justiça Global: Brazilian human rights NGO focused on political violence and criminal justice; member of the RJC coalition. Directly comparable in its criminal justice and human rights advocacy in Brazil.
• Gabinete de Assessoria Jurídica às Organizações Populares (Gajop): Brazilian popular legal-assistance NGO and RJC member organization that has hosted RJC's executive secretariat in Recife since 2021. Directly comparable in its advocacy for criminal justice reform and support for vulnerable populations.
• Conectas Direitos Humanos: One of the most prominent Brazilian human rights NGOs and a member of the RJC coalition. Conectas independently runs advocacy on human rights, criminal justice, and foreign policy — overlapping significantly with RJC's mandate while operating at a larger organizational scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Profiles3 records

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