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Testimonials

Prison Insider invites witnesses to shout out, to describe their sadness and share their joys. We invite stories of resistance and want to provide a space where the silent voices of prisoners can be heard

January 31, 2019

France: a scenario written in advance

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Europe Long-term prisoners Rehabilitation France

Roland spent 15 years in prison. He looks back on his journey for Prison Insider

January 31, 2019

France: on parole, but still in prison

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Europe Rehabilitation France

Mickaël is serving his sentence as a parolee in Douai. He and six fellow inmates discuss their impressions and feelings.

January 23, 2019

Lebanon: and so, the days go on

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Middle East Lebanon

Hussein is incarcerated in the Roumieh central prison. His trial is still going on and he does not know how much longer it will be until it is over. He tells Prison Insider what a typical day in prison is like.

December 26, 2018

Japan: deprivation of liberty, deprivation of humanity

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Asia Japan

Geoffrey is currently incarcerated in Osaka prison. He tells, for Prison Insider, what any day in a Japanese prison looks like.

December 20, 2018

Ukraine: little has changed

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Europe Ukraine

Sergiy was incarcerated during four years between 2001 and 2005 in the prison of Cherkasy.For Prison Insider, he describes how a day used to be like for him.

December 4, 2018

Guinea: total darkness

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Africa Guinea

Isiaka was held in a police station for one week. Lack of privacy, light, food, and information. Here is his story.

November 13, 2018

Ahmad // 2 // Along the way...

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Afghanistan

Walls and borders. Ahmad left Afghanistan on the 7th of November, 2015. His journey brought him to prison. This is his story.

November 7, 2018

Italy: imagine a colourful prison...

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Europe Italy

Marco has been imprisoned for 16 years. He tells Prison Insider about a typical day as an inmate in Rebibbia prison, close to Rome.

October 23, 2018

Italy : occupying time, occupying one’s mind

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Europe Italy

Frederico is serving a ten-year sentence in Italy. He recounts for Prison Insider, what his days are like in Rome’s Rebibbia prison.

October 9, 2018

Japan: frozen time, frozen days

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Asia Japan

Geoffrey is currently incarcerated in Osaka prison. He tells, for Prison Insider, what a day looks like. But not any day: weekends and holidays, when time seems to stop.

August 30, 2018

United States of America: going around in circles

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United States

Nate is sentenced to life in prison and is incarcerated in a maximum security facility. He describes, for Prison Insider, his daily life.

August 30, 2018

Brazil: pressed against the bars, waiting for tomorrow

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South America Brazil

The night has fallen, everyone is asleep. Almost everyone. Samuel, imprisoned in Brazil, describes a day.

July 31, 2018

France: intimacy inside four walls

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Women Europe Social ties France

Celine’s partner is serving a sentence of ten years. After months of visits in the regular visitation rooms, permission for a nine-hour stay is granted. Céline tells the story.

June 13, 2018

Nepal: release from prison (V)

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Asia Nepal

Renaud learned about his imminent release. Still prisoner, but almost free : This is the story of his final days in prison Last part of his series of testimonials.

May 25, 2018

Mauritania: prisons are changing, but problems remain

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Africa Mauritania

Abass is incarcerated in Nouakchott. He is then transferred to Dar Naïm prison. This is his story.

May 18, 2018

Switzerland: everyday is the same

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Women Europe Switzerland

Inma is incarcerated in the prison of Champ-Dollon in Switzerland. She talks about the ritornello of a day spent in detention.

May 18, 2018

Sudan: on the run

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Africa Sudan

The Journey of Hafiz El Sudani is the story of a Sudanese refugee, Hafiz Adem, recounting his escape from En Nahud prison in Kordofan until his arrival in France. Extracts.

April 26, 2018

United States of America : staying awake while doing time

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United States

“*We believe that life is happening anywhere but here.”* Robert Lee Allen is imprisoned in the state of Michigan. Here is his testimonial.

April 23, 2018

Japan: a voice coming out of isolation

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Asia Discipline Japan

“Every day, I took many tranquillisers”. Testimonial of M. Iwazaki, imprisoned for 15 years in a prison in Chiba (Japan)

April 10, 2018

Nepal: a thousand trades, a thousand miseries (IV)

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Asia Nepal

The government gives 45 Rupees per person, per day. Work, taxes, salary … Renaud shares his story.

April 9, 2018

France: indignity in prison

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Europe France

Hunger strikes, violence, unsanitary conditions. Samy, incarcerated in France, tells the story of his daily life.

April 4, 2018

Türkiye: fading away

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Europe Turkey

“I am about to forget my native language” Havre comes from Iran. He has been detained in Türkiye for six years. His story is one of deprivation. Deprivation of his liberty, his family, his mother tongue.

March 30, 2018

Argentina: fighting daily against discrimination

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South America Argentina

“Fighting is my thing!” Pablo is currently imprisoned in Argentina. He has spent half his life in prison.

March 29, 2018

Türkiye: prison diseases

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Europe Turkey

“*We feel as though we were buried alive here. We struggle to survive”.* Serhat is incarcerated in a prison F, in Izmir. This is the letter he wrote.