princesavenegas: “No Filter: A Mexican Juvenile Prison Seen Through The Lens Of Its Young Inhabitant
princesavenegas: “No Filter: A Mexican Juvenile Prison Seen Through The Lens Of Its Young Inhabitants” location: Instituto de Tratamiento y de Aplicación de Medidas para Adolescentes (ITAMA) ITAMA houses approximately 450 boys and men. All the prisoners were convicted as juveniles but currently 70% of the prisoners are adults as they’ve turned 18 during their incarceration. Castillo led a photography workshop with 10 boys aged between 15 and 21. PP: Do prisons work? AC: Prisons serve as a reflection of human behavior in which the administration of justice becomes confused with revenge.We want justice but don’t think very deeply about its application. People go to prison for many different types of crime but when they’re inside we make no distinctions. Initially, justice is operational and later it is a process that becomes bureaucratic, expensive and exhausting for those who experience it. The legal part of the system is a mess; it is much harder to get out even with the law in your favor. Prisons may be where all traffic comes to a dead end… read full story here -- source link