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“Structural Racism, Racial Profiling, and Prison Abolitionism”: Federico Pita's Class in Batán
Antiracist activist and political scientist Federico Pita gave a two-hour class at Unit 15 in Batán on how skin color decides who ends up in prison, who decides, and who gets heard. Lawyer César Sivo closed the session. The full class, in writing.
“It's official now”: the ceremony for the agreement with Universidad de Antioquia
The Cooperativa de Trabajo Liberté and the Universidad de Antioquia announced their agreement live on Wednesday, August 12. Thirty minutes over Zoom, more than 140 connections from six countries, and the Building Citizen Security Diploma Program with its third certification confirmed.
"The garden: a resilient ecosystem": Mauricio Matías Navarro gave a garden class in an open-air classroom
A hundred meters from the sea, with the soil at seven degrees, the teacher filmed three episodes for the agro-area diplomatura at Universidad Liberté. How to prepare a bed, why you smell the soil before touching it, and what changes when you treat it as a living organism.
Restorative and therapeutic justice: the second morning of the Laboratorio de Saberes
Five specialists from Argentina and Brazil talked for almost three hours about two forms of justice that are often confused. The second gathering of the cycle that IRICE-CONICET-UNR organizes together with Universidad Liberté, with the chat open from start to finish.
Liberté and Pabellón 14 shared the big field at Batán
Sport and training: another day at the Unidad Penal N°15 de Batán.
I didn't come to prison to make friends
It's one of the phrases you hear most often between these walls. This Friendship Day, we take it as our starting point: no one comes here to make friends, and yet friends appear anyway. They're brought by shared work, self-management, standing side by side every single day.
Juliana joins live classes: takes attendance, answers questions, and summarizes each session
Starting today, Juliana, Liberté's assistant, connects to live Zoom classes: takes attendance on her own (no forms needed), answers questions in the chat, and leaves a summary of each session in Aula Liberté.
Universidad Liberté launches Aula Liberté, its own virtual classroom
Universidad Liberté launches Aula Liberté, its own virtual classroom: built for it by VERUMax, free, inclusive, and grassroots. It's fully run by Juliana, so people can take courses through the web, email, or WhatsApp. It's open to everyone, with partnerships and the relaunch of Instituto Liberté's courses on the way.
The community lunch returned to Liberté
On a Saturday afternoon, the Liberté community gathered around a table again: a shared pasta lunch at the Punto de Paz Hall, among peers.
Liberté opens doors: the case of José L and judicial recognition of community work
A young man in prison finds a space of support and progress in Batán. The organization's reports are now received by the courts to evaluate access to legal rights related to release.
Liberté turns 12: dignified work is possible inside
On July 3, 2014, a stamp at the entrance desk of Unit 15 in Batán marked the start of Liberté. The story of that first day, twelve years later.
Community Intelligence: why Liberté's AI is not just another AI
Juliana is, technically, an artificial intelligence. But at Liberté, AI stands for something else: Community Intelligence. Developed by VERUMax, curated by Liberté's human team, and built to serve a specific community. What sets it apart.
Join the Human Team of Juliana's Legal Guidance Area
Before opening Juliana's Legal Guidance service, in this first phase, to the entire prison population of Argentina, we are calling on a team of people in prison, released people, and direct family members —led by the Colectivo de Detenidos/as— to test it: no one knows better whether this works than the person who needs it.