Ana Paula, a prisoner from Castelo Branco was asked to talk about her experience of a programme called “a day in prison” for young people to spend a day living with a prisoner to see what it was like.
“I was happy to be showing people the age of my son the prison system, the rules we have to follow, to share the space in my cell and the discipline we have to undergo when we don’t behave so well. They ate with us, came to school with us, and everything. At the end of the day we all came together to talk about the experience. They didn’t say much, but there was a shine and a tear in their eyes. They said they hadn’t imagined that we live like that and didn’t think they would be able to. I too, never thought I’d be able to live like that, but adapted.
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