Well, I must admit I've never heard of a family cell in a prison!
Spanish prison offers family cells - Yahoo! News
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ARANJUEZ, Spain - Victor Manuel Lozano spends his days like most 2-year-olds. He goes to nursery school, draws, rides a tricycle. The difference is, he does it in prison, living with mom, a convicted murderer, and dad, a drug trafficker.
Aranjuez Prison, Spanish officials say, is the only the one in the world with cells for families. The spacious units, dubbed "five-star cells," come with cribs, Disney characters on the walls and access to a prison playground
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Garcia was jailed in 1998 for 10 years for murdering her boyfriend. Victor Lozano entered the jail the following year for an 11-year term. They met in 2003, were married behind bars and had Victor Manuel.
For now, prison is the only world the toddler knows. But in four months, when he turns 3, he will have to leave the prison and be looked after by relatives unless his parents can win a reduction of sentence for good behavior.
At dawn a guard wakes the family up for roll call. At 9 p.m., they are locked up again. Victor Manuel, who has spent the day playing with the other children of inmates, sometimes stands outside the cell crying because he does not want to go back behind the bars.
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I must admit it's the first time I've heard of kids growing up behind bars (at least until a certain age) and am not entirely sure on how I feel about this. Yes, they are with their parents till the age of three, but then growing up behind bars? Or would it matter - kids below three don't really understand what "prison" is all about anyway ...
Also, isn't this defeating the whole concept of prison where people are seperated from their families, etc?
Would be curious to hear what everyone thinks of this ...
02-11-2007
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