Prison. It means bars, barbed wire and armed guards. But at the women's prison in the Ilguciems region of Riga, imprisonment focuses more on rehabilitation than punishment. In part I of II, Tanya R. Neuman spent a day with the women of the Ilguciems prison and learned how they are changing the common perception of prison.Around the corner from the local gro-cery store and the only tram stop, a number of apartment buildings sit cozily among a grove of trees. A half-mud, half-rock dirt road twists its way through the complexes. Children are oblivious to the coolness of the day and are busy bu...
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