Prison Journalism: Long walk after freedom everyday

Greatest respect for all those who were in the struggle, and especially for those who spent time behind bars for the struggle.

As for any “Bandite”, we all are formulae with the saying, “Die tronk sy kom haal haar aandeel!”
Translation: prison takes a part from everyone that’s linked to it, no matter the connection it.

The system that one gets programmed with, that switches, victims, wardens, visitors, and inmates, realities inside out. 
That even when leaving that place, even if one had been only there for a short time, only by the grace of God, one can actually make positive use of that energy which is as real as air that one breathes. 
And it’s funny that most will look past it as if it is all okay. That energy is outside amongst us all.

Shaping us as the mountains, its very self gets shaped by its environment and nature’s elements, yet saying, “It’s okay, I am a mountain.” 
Even saints come to me and not I to them, yet shaped by simple daily environments, not even seeing or feeling the effect it has on everyone, especially those who call this great stone of ours “motherland”.

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RESTORE is an NGO based in Cape Town, South Africa, providing inmates at Pollsmoor Prison with restorative justice opportunities.

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