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Achen Prison is the

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and secure prison in Germany. It houses murderers, sex offenders and pedophiles. Their cells are inspected periodically. We've had fish cans hollowed out for example, I once even found money in the soul of someone's shoe, something I really don't expect Peter to have been convicted of murder now that he's in his 50s and serving a life sentence, it sounds Like a cliché, but not a day has gone by that I haven't thought about freedom. Dutch German inmate Falca Nero was also sentenced to life in prison for sexual abuse. He no longer thinks about freedom as long as there is an element of uncertainty.

I don't want to cause more harm to anyone surrounded by insurmountable walls and barbed wire

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of cameras and motion sensors. illuminated both day and night achen prison looks like a fortress dania emmons has been in prison for eight years but by choice she works as a prison officer her

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important tools a set of keys and a personal alarm device um this is our device personal alarm called png I have to log in so that if something happens we can raise the alarm to the entire ward and then announce where help is needed. other officers officers cannot carry firearms Tasers or pepper spray running around here with a gun would be too risky when we are taking someone outside so we have to be armed but here in the building it would be very easy for me to lose the gun if I was alone In the room with 20 men, barred windows and closed areas, the most frequent task that Dania Emmons does every day. she is opening and closing the doors there is already bad news waiting in her office good morning good morning hello hello were you with the prisoner?

He had an altercation, do you know what happened? Yeah, I was there and the two of them had a little fight. the showers the problem has not been solved yet both of them keep counting their sides for now they should be locked up so keep them closed yes ok let's first have records kept of every incident that happens in the prison so that the early shift is aware of what happened the night before. They are both slightly injured with swelling around their eyes and a cut and a small cut above their eyes, so we will keep them locked in their cells to separate them from each other.

Guard block administrators. I will solve this and I will listen to their versions of the 800 inmates in Achen prison 130 highly

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criminals are serving life sentences with preventive detention pedophiles murderers and sexual offenders are convicted The inmates leave every morning at six I will open just before six I go door to door and do what is called a life check in the prison houses, exclusively for male convicted felons. Good morning, first of all, I let out the inmates who work in the kitchen or maintenance so they can get to work in the cells first. different sizes and hold different numbers of prisoners here we only have singles and here there is a group cell there is space for four people but now it is only two good days most of the individual cells officially called detention rooms are seven square meters in area some of them Nine prison officers can look into cells through a peephole and secure the cell by locking the door.

Thirty-year-old inmate Christopher Ostau has a clear design for his waiting room. That's my brother. Let me introduce you to my office. My date. -without quotes the dining room here is the living room the bedroom and the bathroom you have to divide it a little sometimes I see other cells with completely empty walls without pictures or anything that I can't have so I have to make it a little cozy to be able to feel good, The 30-year-old father must remain behind

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for almost 11 years. He is one of the few inmates who speaks openly about his crimes.

Yes, I must commit all kinds of crimes. I started early, around 14. I have committed robberies. robbery grand theft auto burglary assaults that's why I'm here in a few years christopher ostrow will be free again other inmates will be locked up here forever good morning good morning are you working today? I'm leaving a little later today. You have an appointment with the barber since he comes from seven o'clock ok I told my boss well so I will take you to work later exactly thanks you are welcome the former truck driver peta tranqvalda has been sentenced to life imprisonment with preventive detention for murder my mother is just Behind this, if you ask me why I am officially here, I can say, from my perspective, murder and self-defense.

I want to make it clear that this is not sugarcoating my crime, on the contrary, there are also cases in which, In my experience, the verdict is not what it seems, that is what I need, so if you enlighten us, Peter admits that he killed someone, but it was not a cold-blooded planned murder. Many inmates claim that they have not done what they are accused of and that they have done it. punished too harshly psychologists call this repression there are definitely a couple of cases here and there where that is the case but for everyone who claims to have an unfair sentence tell the truth something would go very wrong as long as it is important By his 50s he is serving a life sentence.

He has decorated his room completely in blue, from the blankets to the coffee pot. Everything is color coordinated. I'm not a fan. I chose blue because I don't like having too many different colors: green, yellow, red, black. I don't like that having everything in blue creates harmony for me. I only say harmony because it's just one room, so everything seems a little more harmonious than if it were multicolored. That's why I chose blue, it also means hope, but that's not why I chose it right next to Peta Tranqvada. In fact, there is a Schalke fan and, unusually for Achen Prison, he happily invites us into his cell, so hello, welcome to my kingdom.

Let me introduce myself. My name is folker. I am a citizen of

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and the netherlands, you can see my german side, the cell or the waiting room is in a beautiful blue color because nationally I am a big fan of schalke and if you walk in you can see that internationally I support the dutch football team i also have a frisian flag here on the right shadka scarves flags caps and baseball t-shirts this cell looks like a fan shop fei caneda is also serving a life sentence with preventive detention he received nine years and six months for sexual abuse i was also They gave preventive detention that means that next year on July 4th I will have completed my sentence and from July 5th I will serve my preventive detention.

He does not want to disclose the nature of his sexual crime in prison which can be dangerous many inmates have wives and children The prison Additional pretrial detention means that although the 56-year-old has served his prison sentence, he still represents a threat to society. My problem is, and I was honest about this at my court hearing, I still have too many fantasies and my head is still there. I am not free so for now there is no possibility of being released and for my part I told the court that I am not requesting a release at this time because as long as there is an element of uncertainty I do not want to cause further harm to anyone immediately afterwards. waking them up the prison officer dania makes gestures she brings the first prisoners to work the man in white is the maintenance worker the others go to work in the kitchen the maintenance worker christopher ostrow takes a small tray with some slices of butter, sausages and cheese most of the prisoners eat breakfast at work while prison officer dania emmuts handles inmate mail this is where open block inmates can send their mail here is a therapy residence and downstairs is an open block we structure it so that we don't have to collect air for them all day but it is also like that in closed areas they send their mail at 6 to 15 in the morning when they have breakfast the open house of shared residences trustworthy and well-behaved inmates search their cells they are only locked up at night during the day they can move freely around their living room by mail they send letters to their relatives requests for a visit to the doctor or requests for the prison library we always first check the content of the letters we have to check that there are no They are not plans or escape plans.

What Dania reads most are love letters. Other sex is not. These are real signs of affection written over several days and one for the daughter of a prisoner. How does it affect me? Well, it depends, sometimes I can't. I can't help but feel bad when I see what fate has brought them. They're not just people who were born and decided I'm going to kill someone. Now we have everything here. When you look at most of their archives, you can see that they often grew. raised in homes or were abused as children the next task of the day is to send the mail checked and collect the incoming mail we have to check that they have been sealed because some will have forgotten then the postal service comes to collect pick them up, you also have to Check where it goes and put it in the correct compartment.

You have barely returned to the office when the phone rings, good morning, the prison repair service reports that a cell lock in housing block one needs to be replaced, often in the open block there they handed over their own keys to your detention rooms an inmate lost his key a week or two ago and now has to apply for a new one, he will have to pay for it of course, I'm not sure of the exact price. A colleague is coming now to install a new key on the open blocks. The cell doors have two locks.

The largest can only be opened and closed by officers. The smallest one is a latch. The inmate can open it from the outside but cannot close it. from inside it is a kind of socialism also i can lock it from outside you can try to turn the key from inside but nothing will happen you can use your key to lock the door and prevent other inmates from stealing anything many of them are here for theft so that we must ensure that there are several large workshops on the prison grounds, from carpentry to locksmiths. Ten different companies produce their products here, ranging from packaging jobs to complex assembly lines.

The prison also has its own utility room and laundry. and a warehouse. I have to note from my colleagues how many people were sent. It's harder to see in the dark, but my colleagues are behind receiving the inmates, so we have to wait until they're past the yard and at their workstations, not all of them. in prison you have work there are also unemployed inmates and those who still have to attend school please release the inmates to go to classes now we are taking everyone who has classes or cleaning jobs in the educational center a student has registered us sick so no one will go today from the block above.

One or two of the houses below. More than 60 nationalities. Many newcomers do not speak a single word of German as an incentive to learn. Interns receive 34 euros per month for participating. classes einstein course first there are the beginner courses for people who cannot speak a word of german mr silvan teaches those who start from hello how mom and dad are doing then there are the intermediate courses where they form their own essays and write dictations now we can see all the students coming, the class is filling up, as well as language courses such as German, Spanish or English, there is also a computer course in the computer course, the inmates are introduced to computer science so that when come out at least they can be able to apply for jobs, some of them have been here for 10 or 15 years so they missed the whole digital age when some of them were incarcerated, the TVs were still black and white so The computer course is there to bring them up to date. today peter tankwada a prisoner who is serving a life sentence can come to work a little later he has an appointment with the barber the barber has not arrived yet we can hear when the door opens and we will see if he has arrived or not, but this morning the the self-employed barber does not arrive peta tranqvalda must prepare to work from the perspective of most inmates, this fifty year old has his dream job working in the warehouse, so this is my daily route to work.

Eight doors open and close. In front and behind him in the peta tranqvalda prison warehouse is the maintenance worker, which means he is a jack of all trades, he cleans the uniforms, washes the dirty dishes and keeps the entire warehouse clean, it's a good job , I always say that good is relative working on camera here. It is a fairly independent job, you can work alone and you know what needs to be done. I prefer that to working in a workshop where there is always someone looking over your shoulder, fortunately that is not the case here, there are extra cells in the warehouse.

For inmates who have an appointment with a lawyer, for example, or who will soon be released from prison, this, for example, is probably the clothes of an inmate who has an appointment, since he has had his clothes for a few years I wash it one more timeSo he can bring them fresh again, warehouse manager Thomas Magne is aware of his employees' long prison sentences, but still judges them not by their past but by who they are today. I see the workers here first and foremost as people. Mr. Clinkvalde is calm, he has experience in prison. Of course, but he also has life experience.

He is neat and easy to get along with and works here as a cleaner. We don't have any problem with him. Whatever job he is assigned, virtually all inmates think that he earns too little for the task he must perform. here, after the camera, I earn 100 euros a month, is that enough? I don't believe it. So it's hard for me. I don't receive any external support, so I have to pay for everything myself, even postage stamps, you are familiar with the issue of low wages. but there is something that prisoners like to forget: if he says that 100 euros is not enough, he does not take into account the fact that people from outside pay his rent, for example, he lives here for free and they feed him three times a day free.

People might only dream that all the visits to specialist doctors, dentists, everything adds up, so I think their 100 euros are enough to buy tobacco or sweets or anything else they want to buy. He is also a maintenance worker responsible for the open living area. He washes the prisoners' clothes and cleans the cell block. The thirty-year-old earns much more than the other prisoners, 140 euros a month, but despite this position of trust, he must always be prepared for a cell inspection, Mr. Austral. We have to check his detention room quickly. Okay, the officers check three to four cells a day at random, first a brief strip search, this is normal for me, you definitely get used to it.

They have to check that you are not hiding anything, so my colleague has to do the registration from then on. It is intended for men and women for women. We are in a prison exclusively for men so unfortunately I always have to go look for my colleagues. A complete inspection of a detention room would take a whole hour so the officer concentrates on the essentials: the window

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and the exterior wall. Always checked, we only look for security threats, things that are not allowed in the past, officers have found weapons or escape tools, experience has taught them what hiding places inmates prefer, we always have to look in the corners that inmates they prefer.

I don't want them to see us or where they don't think we want to look. Trash cans are very popular, for example, after all, who wants to look in a trash can, dirty clothes are another popular place. I will say that I believe in the first rule of holding room inspections, anything can be a hiding place, we have had hollowed out fish cans for example that you think still look like regularly packaged fish cans, one time I even found money in the sole from someone's shoe, something you wouldn't really expect. Even mattresses are popular hiding places.

It doesn't take long to dig a hole and stick a cell phone inside. What do I want to teach you? My bison, of course, you always have to be careful not to catch a syringe or something like that. That southern inmate's room, like many other inmates, is covered with photos of naked women. I usually look behind family photos and check their criminal records, for example, if someone has a record with children or something like that, I check to make sure there are no photos of young naked children in the rooms. walls, especially in these dormitories, but otherwise they should know for themselves that they have not seen any women while they were here, so if they want to decorate their rooms like this, young female prison officers in particular often suffer sexual harassment at the hands of inmates, I can't really describe it, someone would say something silly like a nice butt or whatever which some of our female colleagues would attest to, but at that point you have to step in and say enough is enough, there are no more convicted felons.

Christopher Ostrow's walls are not. Only covered with photos of naked women, there is also space for photos of his family, wife, children and stepchildren. I wouldn't say they were excited, it just happened, luckily they are still by my side despite everything, they visit me once a month after being on tour each time. They drive 800 kilometers, 400 from here and 400 back, which is a long way to go, so it's easier for me than it is for them. It is one of the highest security correctional facilities in Germany. That's why it has infrared motion sensors,

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surveillance cameras and a huge staff with more than 400 employees for around 800 inmates this is the final destination of convicted criminals a food delivery has arrived verna masak is an industry leader in deliveries for german prisons deliver to your customers in achen prison once a week we are now unloading the prisoner commissary that they ordered on friday it has already been delivered and will be divided between the blocks a huge truck full of all kinds of supplies during the download it becomes clear that even in prisons things do not always go as planned a box falls on the floor once a week inmates can buy almost anything, of course, they cannot buy drugs, alcohol or mobile phones, but apart From that, they can buy anything, shower gels, all kinds of sweet shaving products you can imagine, television magazines, anything, change the scene.

Closed section of Block 5. Here the unprocessed prisoners wait for the supplies they have ordered. Different safety guidelines apply here, as you can see the entire hallway is a little more sterile and the sense of distance we talked about earlier is more pronounced here. Sometimes I just know their names since the turnovers are so high that many of them get

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ed for not paying a fine or something, so they leave after one day and then the next one comes. There is an asylum right next door and there is occupational therapy where inmates get their first experience working with tools along with toy horses and wooden motorcycles.

Achen Prison's best-selling products are also made here. We mainly built bird houses, bat nests for the forest service and then feeders for the bridles or even poles to put the Saddle on Johannes, a Tunisian from the Achen area, used to work in the sex trade and was sentenced to six years and half prison for attempted murder. He used to be part of a motorcycle gang and we were involved in drug dealing, prostitution, pimping and all that. Shit, it's time for inmate Peter Tranqvalda to take care of the prison library, the books need to be dusted and the floors cleaned well, as long as I don't break my back, okay, the prison library It stores 8,000 books and around 5,000 DVDs, there are books in several languages, including religious texts from the Bible to the Koran, but if the only thing we don't have is pornography, the prison reigns celibacy, that gives kindness, there is no material pornographic or DVD, maybe some erotic novels, but a very minor convicted sex offender, Falca Nadel.

He works in the central warehouse area of ​​the prison. She has also hung a shagga shield in the tailoring workshop. I am the prison tailor for condemned inmates. We have two tailors, one for condemned prisoners and one for prisoners awaiting trial, who is only there when the time comes. Clothes and dirty clothes pile up, we don't do anything new, we just make repairs and lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. In the past, inmates had to be taken to their cells to eat, but that required too many staff members now there. There are break rooms in the workshops and in the warehouse.

Most people complain about prison food. Me included, of course, you can't make everyone happy, but it's quite a combination of sausage with white cabbage and vegetables. It just doesn't match. We have a friend today. tomato sauce and pasta mixed with eggs for example, some like it, some don't, it fills you up if you finish it, but I usually don't, it's enough to survive and if he's starving, I'll come at night. I trained as a cook so for example last night we ate hamburgers that we made in the block this big kitchen is where 30 inmates prepare lunch for the day from Monday to Thursday they serve pasta sausages pesto and meatballs on Friday there is fish on the menu on Saturday there is soup and Ice creams are for roasts Menus can be adjusted to meet vegan or religious dietary requirements As in all kitchens special food regulations apply We have to be careful to take what I call retain samples which are stored for a week in case If an entire block reports a salmonella outbreak, if there is salmonella, samples from the previous day are taken to the laboratory to see if they come from food or elsewhere.

Prison officer Dania Aymunds returns to the warehouse. Again, there are countless doors that must be opened and close are also famous criminals in achen prison a former football professional a corrupt politician and the mastermind behind the hostage crisis in Glatbeck hans jurgen grisner but for dania aymunds the murderers are not all the same i would say that if a prisoner is a serial killer will probably keep coming back if he ever gets the chance to get out of prison and someone who just acted in the heat of the moment in his own home, who may have been tortured for years and then beat someone up, those are the people who We probably won't see him again, he has a medical exam. appointment and the barber has shown up and since he only comes once a month to block a tranqvada inmate he is allowed a visit even during work hours, but before the 50-something can leave the warehouse he has to hand over his cutting tools. work I have to give in my work things before I go to my appointment, my box cutter that I use for work and the keys to the locker where I keep my hand tools, cleaning equipment, clothes, etc.

See you, the prison has two sick wards where several doctors have been running a clinic since Monday. Until Friday, another colleague is in charge of the emergency service, which guarantees attention 24 hours a day. A dentist also makes regular visits. Peta Tranqvalda has arrived at the clinic and is now greeted by a medical assistant, Mr. Baúl Valder, yes, hello, hello, sit down, thank you, good morning, good morning. days that pass today I feel like a dying swan I would like some painkillers for my headaches how long have you been taking them for days I will give you something for that but if they stay longer you will have to go back if possible on ibuprofen any allergies ibuprofen none 400 horsepower 400 horsepower okay four should be enough inmate tank valder needs to hurry so he doesn't miss his haircut and the next patient is already waiting for medical assistant thomas klaus we don't have normal patients and I mean normal between quotes because there is a lack of gratitude for what we do for prisoners, they want more than what they are entitled to or demand to be frank, sometimes prisoners are the best doctors, so it is always difficult for those types of things to happen less in hospitals .

Another big difference is that we have many drug addicts who require daily doses of methadone. Thomas Klaus has seen it all in prison, from resuscitating an inmate to treating an officer whose neck and inmate had been attacked with a fork, but there is one thing he still hasn't done. I haven't gotten used to the fact that we have to open and close all the doors. I've heard people say that they even do it at home now, but that hasn't happened to me yet. Meanwhile, inmate Peter Tankwalda has returned to his cell where he awaits his haircut. convicted murderer television offers a glimpse of freedom as father doesn't want to go into details about murder i've been dealing with crime for the last 16 years there's hardly a day i don't think about it Of course, i'm sorry.

I never wanted that result. I didn't plan it in advance either. Contrary to the court's verdict, there are situations in life when you can get carried away and then your life can change in five minutes. Peter's wife left him after his life sentence. She has not seen his son or her daughter, now almost adults, since 2003. She is completely alone, without any help from the outside. I think someone looking in from the outside would see my prison cell and think of radio and television. He also has a DVD player. What if me? I can't, but people don't realize that I also worked for these things as a prisoner and I had to say for months that to pay for each one there is no contribution from mom, dad or whoever, I work for everything myself and I think I have the right to that, even if I'm in prison, inmates don't have to pay the barber.

Instead, the barber takes a small red token that he can exchange with the prison administration. A relief for Peter Tankvala. The convicted murderer was worried that he. He would have to wait another month for the haircut. Thanks, you're welcome, see you next time. Bye bye. Meanwhile, corrections officer Dania Emotz handles office duties. Working in a prison was never her dream job, but Dania, who is in her 30s and isMarried to a colleague, I wanted a career with job security, so I applied here and everything went pretty quickly. I have not regretted it to this day and would happily do it again.

Many aspects of work here are always the same. Wake up the inmates. at 6 am. and take them to work, bring them back at 2:30 p.m. m., then free time for inmates and finally lights out at 9 p.m. m., what makes working here so exciting is dealing with the inmates personally, at least here in the nearby residence, the relationship is quite close is completely different downstairs, in the open block, you know a little more about their stories, how they live at home and what their situation is, it is exciting to see if they have developed and the inmates who do not have a job or who have been discarded like the sick are allowed to have lunch in the shared living room Mr.

Austral yes, let's go find your food, does mr. heinrich know that too? Dress like this because we have to wear gloves and cover our arms when we deliver food for hygiene reasons, even the elevators are locked. Preparing lunch for 800 inmates at the same time requires a stroke of logistical genius, I must say, compared to other facilities they really tried hard here the food is pretty good, I think you'll see that soon, for example today there are chicken nuggets, There is definitely something I can eat, let's serve the open inmates first, enjoy your food, most inmates don't want to.

They show their faces, but maintenance work is a job that everyone would love to do. You're on your blog all day, you see a lot of people, and you make a lot of money at the end of the day, so I can't respect open residencies. This is the general rule not only among prisoners but also among prison officers. This is not the case in all wings of Achen Prison. I think that in recent years the proportion of foreigners has increased and of course they come here with their own cultures. I don't know if it's always their intention, for some it definitely is, but I think in their cultures they have never learned how to behave around a woman, especially not to the point where a woman comes up to them, opens the door for them and says: now you are doing this this and that you can go back to work with a new haircut but first you must recover your work tools hello hello you areI'm back for you, thank you.

The inmate may not carry the sharpened cutter out of the warehouse. If I leave work. Who was carrying the knife? If they stopped me on the road for a pocket check, for example, they might find the knife. and suppose I intend to harm someone, it makes no difference if it's an officer or an inmate, it would be a security risk and I would be immediately under suspicion whether I planned something or not, it wouldn't matter if it were true. or not, they would arrest me immediately. I'm going to meet with your boss. The director of Achen prison is promoting a colleague to a permanent position.

Dania Emuz acts as a staff council. So today is an exciting occasion. It is always my job to deliver promotion certificates. For my taste it is very rare, since I always see radiant faces, which was not always the case in Achen prison in 2009, two inmates escaped with the help of a prison officer, even today drugs and mobile phones are introduced in Germany's most secure prison, five. One-year-olds complete a problem, which is something we want. We encourage inmates to have social contact with the outside world. Lawyers come as do volunteers and we also get letters and packages, so there are a lot of entry points for drugs, especially since they can. being so small of course we are very careful to check and our visiting team is very well trained and capable they show up a lot but not everything is impossible see you tomorrow see you tomorrow have a good night it's 2 :30 p.m. m. and inmate peter tankvalda has finished work for the day after a shower he can return to his residence for free time this inmate is practicing for a concert night for the cultural week of Achen prison another is baking cookies for the long visit from his family something wants to surprise his parents uncle and aunts for their three hour visit in a few days we came up with the recipe ourselves we kept trying it until it worked former drug dealer levakuzen shot a rival twice in the stomach at close range the victim only survived thanks to an emergency operation i I am in prison for three different acts of violence for which I was sentenced to ten years in prison.

I've turned three years in three months, so I have eight years and three months left. Like all prisoners, he dreams of freedom constantly. The future I want is a sensible life to be reintegrated into society a life free of crime that is the goal maybe even start a family bring children into the world and work for my money to set a good example for inmates are they allowed to apply long visits after serving three months in prison your sentence this is this is the long visits room inmates are allowed to meet with their families here once a month without being observed they are locked in here for three hours there is not much here a sofa a small play area for the children, a small kitchen where they can heat something up and then a shower and a bathroom so they can spend the three hours.

Prison officer dania imwitz's shift is over for the day, she just has to put her keys in a locker and recharge her alarm device and then wait at the door that separates the prison from the free world considering there was a camera around, I'd say everything went well except for the weekend when there was a fight in the showers and we kept those two inmates locked up, other than that it was pretty relaxed as usual for a long time. Term inmate Peter Trenkwalda returns to his living room freshly washed after his shift in the warehouse, first a cup of coffee, otherwise he sticks to his motto: "The passage of time helps you live life." By that I mean that monotony plays a role in all the daily difficulties you face. you pass, but you always get through the day and hope to move on, so I tell myself that the passage of time helps you survive in life rejects his daily allowed hour of fresh air, he is also not interested in the opportunity to play sports three times per week. the inmates play basketball, lift weights or play soccer on the artificial turf, others play card games in the common room or work on their hobbies, like the volcanic inmate, everyone is aware that this is my passion since I obviously can't go to the field. training to get an autograph I wrote to some players and I'm the coach and they sent me their autographs.

Shalka as a team are happy to do this generally, when I write to Shalka I receive a response within 14 days. I'm about to write a letter to his 16 year old daughter and his 18 year old son, he hasn't seen them since 2003. I make sure to always write on special occasions, birthdays, holidays, etc. Yeah, I'm still freaking out unless I've never gotten a response except my email. It has never been returned, so I assume it has been received, so my hope is that now that the kids are a little older they can decide for themselves if they want to come see me at some point.

Good night. Good night. Podcast. I'm ready. Yes. Medical assistant Thomas Klaus and Peter Tranqvalda are working together on the podcast. The prison cast plans to have inmates film short stories about their lives in prison and post them online at podcanos.gov. I was always interested in writing to begin with and when I first came to arghan. They asked me if I was interested in participating in the podcast even though I had no experience with the sound of cameras and the technological side of things, it was interesting to get familiar with it, it's an interesting way for me to use my free time, the Themes are defined by the environment, locked cells and closed hallways, today a fellow prisoner is showing some remarkable magic tricks.

How did I discover magic when I was eight years old? I saw a card trick that fascinated me so much that I said I want to learn it too and then I started learning card tricks first with a magic game that children receive and then I developed it further and now, along with chess, it is my passion , car tracks, contracts, it's what I live for, it's not exactly common, is it that kind of thing that usually happens during free time? time activities like a prisoner will go to another inmate or during group activities like chess or the podcast and they will do it with each other, but I have never seen a skill at this level and inmates rarely come to me and say here I have to show you something , is usually left among the inmates, so a show like this is good to show what they can do.

Normally you don't understand that in the daily routine, Stefanos is serving eight years for robbery, enough time to practice with his fellow prisoners. They are captivated, everyone is totally fascinated by it, they keep asking me how it is done, but I will never reveal my secrets. Up to six inmates help with the podcast project by working on the films from which they learn to move forward. Other people have a nice evening, see you next week, you too, thank you, goodbye, when prisoners spend the afternoons in their cells, their thoughts almost always turn to their wife and children, I distinguish between people who have planned to commit a crime, whether it be robbery, assault or whatever. knowing that if they get caught they will pay the price and will no longer be able to see their wives and children harmed by doing so.

I have no sympathy for people like that, they shouldn't complain on the contrary. to people like me whose lives suddenly changed in five minutes without having time to think about the consequences because I didn't plan the crime the last highlights of the day are dinner and a television show whoever spends a night in a prison cell soon learns that freedom is the most precious thing on the planet throughout my sentence sounds cliché but not a single day has passed in which I have not thought about freedom and the longing for the outside, not a single day in which I have not thought about how my loved ones are my children whom we talked about before, there are many things that remind me of this too, like when I watch television and see a family, my own desires and aspirations arise again, without questions, good night, good night.

The door will not open again for another nine hours.