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Portugal

Introduction and Recent News

Prison Fellowship Portugal was founded in 1992 and currently provides outreach in 30 prisons. Dedicated volunteers make programmes possible, including Angel Tree, vocational training for inmates, and children and youth services for their families. PF Portugal continues to reform and rehabilitate inmates with the help of Christ.

Other News

PF Brazil’s Valdeci Ferreira helps promote APAC in Portugal

In mid-October, Valdeci Ferreira, executive director of PF Brazil, participated in several events organised by members of PF Portugal. The trip stems from Valdeci’s presentation in a zonal training in 2008 that inspired the local PF Portugal partner in Porto to invite him back. The hope is that more awareness about the APAC methodology is needed to pave the way for an APAC project in Portugal.

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PF Portugal Highlights Restorative Justice

This year’s Convocation theme of Love and Justice was an appropriate one for PF Portugal to use at its annual nationwide PF Volunteers Meeting. The Portuguese Government recently announced a proposal for an experimental penal mediation programme that would allow for alternative prison sentences in cases of crimes that would have required less than five years in prison.

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Mailing Address

Bairro Do. E.P. Linho
Casa 13
Alcabideche, 2645-002 Portugal

Affiliate Details

  • Executive Director: Teresa Roque de Pinho
  • Board Chairperson: Jose Sousa Mendes

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