Hidden Sentences: Voices of prisoners´ families (youtube Video)

Overview:

Interviews with prisoners´ relatives talking about their experiences and feelings and the damage the arrest and the following imprisonment causes for the families

Learning Objectives:

Raising awareness for the painful impact the incarceration of family members has on the ones left behind, raise simpathy and understanding of the situatiion the prisoners´ relatives are in. The video and the organisation behind try to provide a vision  of a society in which justice is understood as a process of restoration and healing, in which prisons are used sparingly and as places of learning and rehabilitation, and in which the inmate dignity and worth of every human being is valued.

The resource:

Estimated Duration:

28 minutes

Additional Resources

Authors and References

Pact – Prison advice and care trust, Martin Freeth