Chile

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PF Chile’s APAC programme: 10 years of transforming lives and prison units

In late 2009, PF Chile celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its implementation of the APAC methodology. Since its start in the Centro de Detención Preventiva (CDP) de Puente Alto, PF Chile has expanded the programme into 10 prisons, serving 1,955 prisoners – both male and female. This expansion was possible because of the strong support of the Gendarmeria de Chile (the governmental body responsible for prisons in Chile) generated by APAC’s positive outcomes.

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First Latin America Zonal Training

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Assisting Foreign Prisoners in Chile

For several years, PF Chile staff and volunteers noticed the difficulties faced by foreign prisoners in Chilean prisons. Most were in prison for drug trafficking and faced many difficulties in obtaining the necessary legal assistance. In 1998, PF Chile began providing this assistance through it legal department.

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PF Chile Expands APAC-based Units to More Prisons

After launching the country’s first APAC-based prison unit earlier this year for 100 inmates in Iquique, Chile, PF is helping the national chaplaincy organisation to develop the faith-based units in 14 more prisons.

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Mailing Address

Casilla Postal 50.555
Correo Central, Santiago, Chile

Affiliate Details

• Executive Director: Roberto Yepez
• Board Chairperson: Luis Eliu Mussiett Gajardo

Contact Information

• Phone: +(56 02) 555 8563
• Phone: +(09) 701 8187
• Fax: +(56 02) 685 1299
• Email: luis.mussiett@gendarmeria.cl
• Email: ricardo.arredondo@gendarmeria.cl