{"id":85016,"date":"2025-10-17T20:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/uncategorized\/behind-prison-walls\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T11:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:51:17","slug":"behind-prison-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/en\/ink-festival-newspaper-2025\/behind-prison-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Behind Prison Walls&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"85016\" class=\"elementor elementor-85016 elementor-84879\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33166f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33166f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a09582\" data-id=\"9a09582\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a933955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a933955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>EASYEQUITIES SKRYWERSFEES<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9eeba8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9eeba8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80ca74d\" data-id=\"80ca74d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d251e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d251e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"highlight-text\">Binne waa niemand kykie<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72c3ebb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72c3ebb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-82ec7bc\" data-id=\"82ec7bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60528a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60528a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Produksie: <strong>Behind Prison Walls<\/strong><br>Deur: <strong>Chase Rhys<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c1fcb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c1fcb2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d0145c\" data-id=\"1d0145c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b09099b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b09099b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Behind Prison Walls wysie net wat verkeerd is in os tronke nie, maa imagine wat reg kan wies.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1aa5f93 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1aa5f93\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb1c04e\" data-id=\"bb1c04e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e09b3d elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e09b3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daniel Steyn voerie gesprek met Sohela Surajpal, wat saam met Edwin Cameron en Rebecca Go die boek <em>Behind Prison Walls<\/em> geskryfit.<\/p><p>Sohela w\u00eak byrie Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) of, soes sy s\u00ea, \u201clike IPID, but for prisons\u201d. JICS het minne as 300 mense wat mee as 160 000 gevangenes in 243 tronke moet monitor. Hulle inspect, investigate, document en rapporteer. Hulle kan niks afdwing nie. Die departement kan hulle aanbevelings ignore\u2026en hulle doen. \u201cIt\u2019s a big job,\u201d s\u00ea sy, \u201cbut it\u2019s important that we exist.\u201d     <\/p><p>Because meeste van os wiettie wat binne \u2019n tronk angannie. Media kannie net daa binne nie. Sohela s\u00ea selfs baie vannie judges en magistrate wat mense tronk toe stuu, het nog nooit self \u2019n tronk gesien nie. Daavoo is hierdie boek, geskryf deu mense wat elke dag in hierdie ruimtes is, soe belangrik. \u201cPrisons are by design hidden,\u201d s\u00ea sy. \u201cMost of us don\u2019t know what goes on inside, and we don\u2019t really care, because some of the people there have done terrible things. But if you look at a prison, you see a reflection of all our problems as a country; race, poverty, addiction, inequality, broken systems.\u201d     <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-717a8e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"717a8e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb704fe\" data-id=\"fb704fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03443a6 elementor-widget-tablet_extra__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"03443a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/quote-pienk.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80477\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/quote-pienk.png 400w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/quote-pienk-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/quote-pienk-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/quote-pienk-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b63fb51\" data-id=\"b63fb51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a31b3f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a31b3f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"color: #f04e4e;\">Prisons are by design hidden. Most of us don\u2019t know what goes on inside, and we don\u2019t really care, because some of the people there have done terrible things.  <\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a97a4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a97a4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-603b35b\" data-id=\"603b35b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2f146 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c2f146\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Behind those walls mang 156 000 mense en 60 000 van hulle is noggie ees gesentence nie; hulle wag nog. Selle wat gemaak is vi d\u00eatag mense, hou siewentig of tagtig manne. Een toilet, een shower, soms net een uur se oefening (outside time) per wiek. Prisoners slaap op vloere, bo-op lockers, langs dreine. \u201cAnyone who says our prisoners are \u2018living in a five star hotel\u2019 has never seen our prisons.\u201d    <\/p><p>Wat <em>Behind Prison Walls<\/em> dydlik maak, is dat \u00f4sse problem met mass incarceration nie \u2019n accident issie. In 1995 was daa 480 mense in Suid-Afrika met life sentences. Vedag is daa 19 000. Nie omdat daa nou mee crime issie, maa omdat die parlement beslytit dat judges hulle diskresie verloo met standardised minimum sentences, parool het skaa gew\u00f4d, en straf hettie manier gew\u00f4d om in beheer te voel<em>. <\/em>Sohela s\u00ea wat misdaad prevent, issie strenger straf nie, maarie s\u00e9kerheid van straf. \u201cPeople aren\u2019t deterred by fear, they\u2019re deterred by consequence.\u201d    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f877862 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f877862\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcda163\" data-id=\"fcda163\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a37d574 elementor-widget-tablet_extra__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a37d574\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/quote-pienk.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80477\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/quote-pienk.png 400w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/quote-pienk-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/quote-pienk-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/quote-pienk-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-145cbe9\" data-id=\"145cbe9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e8ae3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e8ae3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"color: #f04e4e;\">Most of the book is actually about hope.<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f665d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f665d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7abccca\" data-id=\"7abccca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfdebbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfdebbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hulle praat oek oorie dekriminalisering van sekswerk en drugs. Drugs, spesifiek die gebryk en abuse daavan, mekee \u2019n anne approach, miskien deurie health system, maa it w\u00eakie assie criminal system die een is wat mettit moet deal nie. \u201cThe war on drugs was lost,\u201d s\u00ea Sohela. \u201cThe drugs won. We need a new approach.\u201d   <\/p><p>\u00d4sse tronke is in \u2019n state, maa tog is daar riedes vi hoop: \u201cMost of the book is actually about hope, reimaging different ways.\u201d<\/p><p>Sy praat oo tronke as \u201cschools for crime,\u201d maa oek oo wat gebeur wanne daai siklus briek, wanne gevangenes w\u00eak, doel of even net boeke kry. In een facility hettie geweld gedrop n\u00e1 \u2019n simpel meubelwerkswinkel introduced is. In \u2019n anne hettie prisoners begin paint en naaldwerk doen met materiaal wat deu local besighede geskenk is. JICS bestuur nou \u2019n nasionale boek donation program wat dysende boeke versprei na tronke regoorie land. \u201cNo head of centre has ever said no to books.\u201d    <\/p><p>En dai issie tone vannie boek, nugter, yes, maa hopeful. <em>Behind Prison Walls<\/em> wysie net wat verkeerd issie, maa imagine wat reg kan wies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09b601c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"09b601c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d20107\" data-id=\"4d20107\" 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