1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:03,060 I want to become a peasant of Africa. 2 00:00:03,850 --> 00:00:06,120 I mean it… a peasant of Africa 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:10,220 And if possible somewhere far away from the civilization 4 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:12,360 so that I could reach it when I want to, not when it wants 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:13,360 without asking me 6 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:18,450 as the present model of civilization seems to me completely churlish. 7 00:00:19,590 --> 00:00:25,580 When you are free you don't know... 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:28,520 what you depend on. 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,410 You can realize that everything depends on your will, 10 00:00:31,410 --> 00:00:33,410 your will to do something. 11 00:00:34,210 --> 00:00:38,610 And the freedom to accomplish everything is a characteristic of each person. 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:40,880 It is very easy to get here, 13 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:42,750 very very easy… 14 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:44,740 that's it. 15 00:00:44,770 --> 00:00:51,770 But the great shock is when you see yourself here. 16 00:00:51,770 --> 00:00:53,240 This is the greatest shock. 17 00:00:55,620 --> 00:00:59,950 I've already got used with the idea of being here. 18 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:06,050 I think that I've already been here for a long time, 19 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:08,560 and it seems to me… 20 00:01:09,770 --> 00:01:11,840 I don't know...I gave up hoping that I can 21 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,920 find myself free again.. 22 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,690 and I got used with the idea, I got accommodated. 23 00:01:19,030 --> 00:01:22,380 I live cool here… I don't live here in fact… 24 00:01:22,380 --> 00:01:26,550 I am…a term used in the air-force...airborne. 25 00:01:27,030 --> 00:01:30,810 If you build yourself a certain climate… a micro climate 26 00:01:31,530 --> 00:01:32,810 A personal climate. 27 00:01:33,310 --> 00:01:35,140 You can live very nice this way. 28 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,890 I can adopt positive thinking for my own good by telling myself 29 00:01:38,890 --> 00:01:43,610 that if God had let me out maybe a car would have stroke me or I don't know what 30 00:01:43,610 --> 00:01:45,140 other trouble I would have had. 31 00:01:45,140 --> 00:01:47,440 So God saved me and brought me here. 32 00:01:47,610 --> 00:01:49,720 We created God so that we had someone to blame. 33 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,460 No, we are guilty. 34 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,360 God didn't create us neither stupid, nor warriors. 35 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,150 He created us pure. 36 00:01:56,900 --> 00:02:01,500 Each of us should reflect upon this from time to time. 37 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,360 One should think... 38 00:02:03,570 --> 00:02:09,640 What have I done so that the one next to me be ok? 39 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:11,350 Because this is the meaning of liberty: 40 00:02:11,350 --> 00:02:13,230 I can do whatever I want as long as I don't disturb 41 00:02:13,230 --> 00:02:14,390 people around. 42 00:02:15,220 --> 00:02:20,630 I think you can't change fate no matter how hard you try. 43 00:02:23,230 --> 00:02:24,620 It's hard to say… 44 00:02:24,940 --> 00:02:26,620 it depends on each person. 45 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:28,650 It depends on each of us, on the way we see things. 46 00:02:29,660 --> 00:02:32,640 as when you get in a place like this 47 00:02:32,660 --> 00:02:35,260 no matter what... 48 00:02:37,260 --> 00:02:41,120 you had been or what you wanted to be 49 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,120 you become a common thing. 50 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:45,710 This is a cultural project. 51 00:02:45,710 --> 00:02:47,730 All these labels we have. 52 00:02:50,050 --> 00:02:53,420 all these exaggerations as I can't name them other way, 53 00:02:53,420 --> 00:02:56,460 many of the social rules are idiocies, we are Pharisees. 54 00:02:57,140 --> 00:03:00,060 Within us we are always afraid to tell the truth, 55 00:03:00,060 --> 00:03:02,060 to admit it, to look in the mirror and say: 56 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:05,490 I am ugly, I don’t look good. And so what? 57 00:03:05,490 --> 00:03:08,680 The society accepts you again, but to get a job 58 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,880 or to build a future is impossible. 59 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,200 Theoretical the society gives them no chance, 60 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:15,200 it depends on what they did. 61 00:03:15,670 --> 00:03:18,570 I would like to be reintegrated in the society, 62 00:03:18,570 --> 00:03:20,950 to become a normal person again, not to be pointed the finger at, 63 00:03:20,950 --> 00:03:22,950 not to be shown as the one who was in prison. 64 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,850 In my opinion they have chances.. 65 00:03:27,660 --> 00:03:30,410 it depends on the crimes they did, 66 00:03:30,660 --> 00:03:34,800 as I hardly see a murderer reintegrated in the society. 67 00:03:34,930 --> 00:03:38,730 Obviously the moment he is out of prison in 10, 15, 20 years 68 00:03:38,980 --> 00:03:40,930 people will look strange at him. 69 00:03:40,930 --> 00:03:48,220 No matter the circumstances in prison you are a destroyer of humanism. 70 00:03:48,460 --> 00:03:50,220 The torture is psychic. 71 00:03:51,470 --> 00:03:53,620 I don't know... I would find another method... 72 00:03:53,620 --> 00:03:55,460 I would agree for them to get into my brain, 73 00:03:55,460 --> 00:03:58,310 and if they find out that I am anti-social because I have 74 00:03:58,310 --> 00:04:01,620 something wrong there... make me a robot for the society 75 00:04:01,620 --> 00:04:04,530 if you like, but let me enjoy the presence of my friends. 76 00:04:04,690 --> 00:04:06,570 We don't think right. 77 00:04:06,930 --> 00:04:08,370 Are we full of prejudices? 78 00:04:08,370 --> 00:04:09,960 Yes, definetly. 79 00:04:10,890 --> 00:04:15,320 If we were over 50% to think: 80 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,320 Ok..we should give them a chance, 81 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,690 they might have a chance of 0.1% chances 82 00:04:21,690 --> 00:04:24,180 to reintegrate, but they have no chance. 83 00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:25,690 Maybe in another country, not in ours. 84 00:04:25,740 --> 00:04:28,560 There are prejudices not only for those who have a criminal record. 85 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:33,450 In my opinion the state give birth to criminals, to thieves 86 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,140 because the state creates an atmosphere, 87 00:04:36,140 --> 00:04:39,080 it creates even the entourages... 88 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:43,460 if you have nothing to eat as long as the economy is poor... 89 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,900 He is unemployed for a while and after that he starts to stole, what else can he do? 90 00:04:47,930 --> 00:04:49,890 He has to do these as he has nothing for living. 91 00:04:49,910 --> 00:04:52,340 You see, he has children, family... it is very difficult. 92 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,340 The punishment should be reviewed. 93 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:56,570 An old woman from the country 94 00:04:56,570 --> 00:05:00,720 that has nothing to eat steals a hen is sentenced to prison for 3 or 5 years, 95 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:06,530 and another one who steals 10,000 euros gets the same punishment or a smaller one. 96 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:13,050 It matters because he is in prison for 5 years whether he stole or made drugs traffic, 97 00:05:13,110 --> 00:05:16,710 if he smokes a joint, the same... 98 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:18,930 You get nowhere like this. 99 00:05:18,930 --> 00:05:21,120 Bad legislation.. 100 00:05:21,350 --> 00:05:24,580 He starts making crimes again... there is no other thing he can do. 101 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,720 Yes, he starts again to steal, to hurt people... it's obvious 102 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,020 if he can't get a job, if he has no other solution 103 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:31,840 the same thing will happen. 104 00:05:31,930 --> 00:05:34,410 Do you know when the human society will be perfect? 105 00:05:34,790 --> 00:05:39,370 When we won't need to write some rules in a code, whether it is civil or criminal, 106 00:05:39,750 --> 00:05:42,330 and they will come naturally. 107 00:05:42,630 --> 00:05:46,820 He is sentenced for 3, 5 or 10 years and we keep him there, 108 00:05:46,820 --> 00:05:48,820 we pay for him from our pocket. 109 00:05:48,820 --> 00:05:52,170 For a child the state allowance is of 42 lei per month 110 00:05:52,170 --> 00:05:54,170 and for a prisoner a few hundreds lei. 111 00:05:54,370 --> 00:05:57,790 We hardly have for ourserves, what to say about them? 112 00:05:58,770 --> 00:06:00,180 It is a cut of life, 113 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,490 because the moment you get here 114 00:06:05,260 --> 00:06:10,290 I don't know if you can say you live… 115 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:12,890 you simply are. 116 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:14,980 Well, let's say that prejudices exist. 117 00:06:15,060 --> 00:06:18,010 You are in a society where you are not employed as you have a criminal record. 118 00:06:19,940 --> 00:06:28,890 The state should especially create institutions for these kind of persons. 119 00:06:28,890 --> 00:06:32,850 The society prejudices can't be changed from a day to another, 120 00:06:32,850 --> 00:06:37,480 but institutions can be created for the persons who are out of prison. 121 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,040 There are also irrecoverable persons, let's face it! 122 00:06:40,330 --> 00:06:46,610 There are people that do not want, or they can't, or they have psychic diseases 123 00:06:46,610 --> 00:06:48,610 and they don't belong here. 124 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:53,200 They told me when I got out... I don't know if you can figure, 125 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,900 at Victoria Square where you go to sign, 126 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:58,340 "We can't help you." 127 00:06:59,010 --> 00:07:02,130 They don't help those being outside, what to say about those who are out of there? 128 00:07:02,130 --> 00:07:03,070 They have no resources. 129 00:07:03,070 --> 00:07:05,070 They are getting worse every day. 130 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:10,550 There who hits better survives. 131 00:07:11,210 --> 00:07:15,250 If you have money in prison you can bring in even machine guns. 132 00:07:16,940 --> 00:07:19,950 They should be overlooked when they get out of prison 133 00:07:19,950 --> 00:07:22,640 they should be employed if possible.. 134 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:30,270 I would hire him, because in my opinion if I want to be ok 135 00:07:30,270 --> 00:07:31,980 he should be ok too. 136 00:07:31,980 --> 00:07:34,320 I would forgive him no matter what he did... crime. 137 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:39,370 If I don't give him another chance it means I sentence him the second, the third time. 138 00:07:40,650 --> 00:07:41,980 I would probably hire him. 139 00:07:41,980 --> 00:07:43,520 I mean I would have nothing against. 140 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:44,840 It depends on the crime he did. 141 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,580 Yes, I would reflect upon.. 142 00:07:46,580 --> 00:07:48,450 I would never hire a murderer. 143 00:07:48,450 --> 00:07:50,662 It depends on the crime he did... 144 00:07:50,662 --> 00:07:55,251 I mean, that person may recover in prison 145 00:07:55,251 --> 00:07:58,308 so that never be what he was, to consider prison a punishment 146 00:07:58,817 --> 00:08:02,182 or he might never committed a crime and be sentenced stupidly 147 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,074 and be in prison for no reason, and that person will become bad person. 148 00:08:05,142 --> 00:08:08,342 It always matters: Why was he in prison for? 149 00:08:08,502 --> 00:08:11,308 I would give him a chance in a non-discriminatory way. 150 00:08:12,857 --> 00:08:16,274 That's what happens in our country: a lot of discrimination. 151 00:08:16,394 --> 00:08:18,920 When you are recidivist... 152 00:08:19,725 --> 00:08:22,040 I am not a recidivist, I have a criminal record by now. 153 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,291 If I commit another crime I would be a recidivist. 154 00:08:25,034 --> 00:08:31,805 The recidivists in prison don't like the re-education programmes, 155 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,800 they don't like anything. 156 00:08:34,188 --> 00:08:36,302 They make their own prison. 157 00:08:36,605 --> 00:08:38,417 They get out for 2 or 3 months 158 00:08:38,417 --> 00:08:43,560 because the life in prison is part of their own life. 159 00:08:44,377 --> 00:08:48,257 They come back because here they feel the best and this is their environment. 160 00:08:48,497 --> 00:08:51,788 The references change once you arrive here. 161 00:08:51,862 --> 00:08:54,611 The cheapest thing becomes... 162 00:08:55,268 --> 00:08:57,868 here things are somehow reversed. 163 00:08:57,994 --> 00:09:00,028 Do you know anyone with a criminal record? 164 00:09:00,422 --> 00:09:01,777 Yes. 165 00:09:01,777 --> 00:09:03,857 He didn't have the chance to be reintegrated. 166 00:09:03,874 --> 00:09:06,862 He doesn't want to speak about what happened in prison 167 00:09:06,862 --> 00:09:11,148 because most of the time people don't get anything good out of this, 168 00:09:11,645 --> 00:09:17,337 they get out even worse than they were before, more drugs addicted, more violent. 169 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,011 To the law representatives, what they should do? 170 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,142 They should abuse less from all the points of view, 171 00:09:25,394 --> 00:09:29,611 to be more vigilant in certain cases as many things happen 172 00:09:29,611 --> 00:09:32,365 and I mean fights, rapes, sexual abuses. 173 00:09:34,005 --> 00:09:35,285 Fear... 174 00:09:35,405 --> 00:09:39,748 Fear is that feeling that makes us stronger. 175 00:09:39,954 --> 00:09:43,880 Do you think we are ready to help them reintegrate? 176 00:09:44,830 --> 00:09:47,005 No, not in Romania. 177 00:09:47,005 --> 00:09:50,948 For the society... to be more receptive to those who get there 178 00:09:50,948 --> 00:09:53,022 because not all of them arrive there being their fault. 179 00:09:53,022 --> 00:09:55,794 He accomplished his detention period, the law forgave him 180 00:09:55,794 --> 00:09:59,634 and freed him, so who am I to sentence him again? 181 00:10:02,445 --> 00:10:05,594 In order to hope you must feel you are loved. 182 00:10:06,531 --> 00:10:13,297 If you feel the lack of love everything resumes to a dark world, 183 00:10:13,297 --> 00:10:18,120 problems, you try to be part of this deficitary environment. 184 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,114 You should think it isn't possible and that's it. 185 00:10:22,325 --> 00:10:28,697 If you were educated to accept these things you can overtake them very easily. 186 00:10:32,340 --> 00:10:34,500 LIFE IN PRISON 187 00:10:34,514 --> 00:10:36,417 AN EXPERIMENT DOCUMENTARY MADE IN 188 00:10:36,417 --> 00:10:38,417 RAHOVA PENITENTIARY IN JULY,2013 189 00:10:38,417 --> 00:10:40,417 BY 12 PRISONERS 190 00:10:40,417 --> 00:10:42,417 COORDINATOR: DANIELA APOSTOL - DOCUART 191 00:10:50,540 --> 00:10:53,260 Vali, drugs traffic 192 00:11:18,222 --> 00:11:21,017 I think it is in our human nature to make mistakes. 193 00:11:21,148 --> 00:11:24,885 Some of us make small mistakes, others bigger ones, 194 00:11:24,885 --> 00:11:26,885 and others irremediable mistakes. 195 00:11:27,308 --> 00:11:30,080 I also think that we, the humans, are able to forgive, 196 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:34,148 to do more than simply judging or labeling people 197 00:11:34,148 --> 00:11:35,542 according to our own opinion. 198 00:11:35,851 --> 00:11:39,994 Sooner or later we all pay for our mistakes, you know the saying 199 00:11:40,154 --> 00:11:41,925 "Greater the crime, higher the gallows." 200 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,034 I think it is important for us to be aware of our mistakes 201 00:11:45,034 --> 00:11:46,474 so that we don't repeat them. 202 00:11:46,862 --> 00:11:47,897 Let me tell you something. 203 00:11:48,428 --> 00:11:49,720 The moment you are here 204 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,497 you get aware of your mistake and you try to change 205 00:11:52,490 --> 00:11:54,022 your system of references completely. 206 00:11:54,022 --> 00:11:55,588 You begin to appreciate simple things 207 00:11:55,588 --> 00:11:57,622 and what seems to you commonplace in freedom. 208 00:11:57,620 --> 00:12:00,554 Here a simple ice-cream can be a real joy, as well as 209 00:12:00,554 --> 00:12:04,571 a simple juice can be a source of happiness. 210 00:12:04,948 --> 00:12:06,114 Happiness, yes... 211 00:12:06,451 --> 00:12:09,920 I am saying that because there are things you can't 212 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,200 afford every day or whenever you want. 213 00:12:12,531 --> 00:12:15,051 I think that society plays its role too, 214 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:16,788 and a very important one in my opinion. 215 00:12:17,365 --> 00:12:19,217 It is in fact the supreme judge. 216 00:12:19,210 --> 00:12:21,788 The one who gives us the second chance. 217 00:12:22,262 --> 00:12:25,891 It owns the greatest role in our re-education. 218 00:12:30,020 --> 00:12:34,700 Visa, drugs traffic 219 00:12:35,714 --> 00:12:38,851 By nature, the human being has instinctively at its base 220 00:12:38,851 --> 00:12:41,342 some necessities that dominate find our life. 221 00:12:41,771 --> 00:12:45,005 One of these necessities is freedom, any kind of freedom, 222 00:12:45,165 --> 00:12:50,022 freedom of moving, of choosing, of expression. 223 00:12:50,291 --> 00:12:53,920 Through all the things we do we express our inner self 224 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:58,188 and through a close analysis we can observe our personality. 225 00:12:58,180 --> 00:13:02,497 If we see things as a whole, we, the society can be 226 00:13:02,497 --> 00:13:04,594 an organical structure that expresses itself. 227 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,760 There are many good things that have been accomplished along the time, 228 00:13:08,988 --> 00:13:15,177 but as long as at a global level there are people starving, there are wars, 229 00:13:15,177 --> 00:13:21,062 we can come to some conclusions to indicate us the level we still find ourselves. 230 00:13:21,274 --> 00:13:26,062 I speak about these things because prison is another expression of society 231 00:13:26,062 --> 00:13:29,051 that reflects the level we are. 232 00:13:29,074 --> 00:13:34,371 The contact with the juristic system helped me see in more detail the way it works. 233 00:13:36,108 --> 00:13:38,468 At first I had only some general definitions. 234 00:13:38,460 --> 00:13:42,205 For example I considered that the Prosecutor, by definition, 235 00:13:42,251 --> 00:13:47,365 should be a man looking for the truth and who respects the law. 236 00:13:48,097 --> 00:13:52,245 Unfortunately I realized that we, the prisoners, are some trophies 237 00:13:52,245 --> 00:13:56,840 that will become statistics for the record of a Prosecutor. 238 00:13:57,491 --> 00:14:02,062 Another detail that made me see better the way the juristic system functions 239 00:14:02,062 --> 00:14:04,908 at least in our country, is the judgment hall. 240 00:14:04,908 --> 00:14:10,194 At first I thought that the prosecutor has the same power as the attorney, 241 00:14:10,234 --> 00:14:13,851 both having as a priority the searching for the truth. 242 00:14:13,851 --> 00:14:19,017 If we analyze the building and the placement of the main objects in the judgment hall 243 00:14:19,017 --> 00:14:20,731 we can understand many things. 244 00:14:20,851 --> 00:14:24,314 I found it normally for the judge to be placed in the highest place, 245 00:14:24,314 --> 00:14:27,590 but from the fact that the Prosecutor is placed on 246 00:14:27,590 --> 00:14:31,337 a platform next to the judge and higher than the attorney 247 00:14:31,330 --> 00:14:35,525 we can understand a lot about the way this system is built. 248 00:14:35,731 --> 00:14:41,977 After an analysis and a well done reevaluation I think we can improve 249 00:14:41,977 --> 00:14:44,028 all these and step to the next level. 250 00:14:58,140 --> 00:15:02,140 Teo, murder 251 00:15:02,140 --> 00:15:04,140 I love my family 252 00:16:02,020 --> 00:16:06,140 Dad, I love you 253 00:17:03,980 --> 00:17:08,020 Jerry, drugs traffic 254 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:50,005 My dears, 255 00:17:50,725 --> 00:17:52,028 It is Wednesday... 256 00:17:52,651 --> 00:17:55,354 You know that every Wednesday evening 257 00:17:55,350 --> 00:17:57,000 we were going to the cinema. 258 00:17:59,074 --> 00:18:02,142 They let us watch Titanic last night. 259 00:18:03,217 --> 00:18:04,960 Of course I cried. 260 00:18:05,548 --> 00:18:07,045 I dreamt you. 261 00:18:07,474 --> 00:18:09,085 We were going to eat... 262 00:18:11,542 --> 00:18:13,508 we were going to my mother to eat 263 00:18:13,508 --> 00:18:16,742 and you were angry as I had forgotten to buy flowers. 264 00:18:17,594 --> 00:18:20,131 I hope you are not angry. 265 00:18:54,074 --> 00:18:57,308 I miss you so so much. 266 00:18:57,571 --> 00:18:58,760 I love you. 267 00:18:59,982 --> 00:19:01,234 With all my yearning, 268 00:19:01,234 --> 00:19:04,462 Jerry, your bad boy 269 00:19:17,220 --> 00:19:21,620 Gabi, robbery 270 00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:51,620 Mihai, trading in one's influence 271 00:20:54,708 --> 00:20:57,714 Nothing to lose, everything to gain. 272 00:20:58,628 --> 00:21:02,257 We are born, we live our lives, we try to do something 273 00:21:02,554 --> 00:21:04,417 and after that the inevitable comes. 274 00:21:04,714 --> 00:21:06,417 I begin my speech this way 275 00:21:06,417 --> 00:21:09,137 because I can tell many things, but I want to send each person a 276 00:21:09,137 --> 00:21:13,314 message in order to understand that in life there is nothing to lose but 277 00:21:13,314 --> 00:21:14,834 everything to gain. 278 00:21:15,188 --> 00:21:18,468 Each of us will have to give an explanation one day. 279 00:21:18,468 --> 00:21:20,468 To whom? We don't know. 280 00:21:21,005 --> 00:21:23,622 Maybe that explanation will be given in front of the 281 00:21:23,622 --> 00:21:27,582 supreme power that I name God. 282 00:21:27,977 --> 00:21:29,817 I don't know whether we should thank 283 00:21:29,817 --> 00:21:33,742 or argue, but with all these, in my opinion we should thank Him for 284 00:21:33,754 --> 00:21:37,360 all His goodness, with all the good and the bad. 285 00:21:37,422 --> 00:21:41,502 For me it is an exam, and at the same time a big test in life. 286 00:21:42,331 --> 00:21:46,445 If we understand it as it is, one related 287 00:21:46,445 --> 00:21:48,594 to another, we meet patience. 288 00:21:48,594 --> 00:21:54,931 And then no matter how sad this life would be, it gets a priceless value. 289 00:21:54,931 --> 00:21:58,308 Any cross to bear is a step to completeness. 290 00:21:58,714 --> 00:22:02,588 From all the mistakes we make one of them can lead you to prison. 291 00:22:02,580 --> 00:22:07,531 And then no matter which of us, we tried to find God 292 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:12,862 because He gave us the priceless advantage of human being: 293 00:22:12,862 --> 00:22:14,508 the patience. 294 00:22:21,460 --> 00:22:25,340 Mr. Suciu, breaking the customs rules 295 00:22:29,451 --> 00:22:30,942 Crowd of people. 296 00:22:30,942 --> 00:22:34,280 In an endless moving that follows the course 297 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,457 of life with its own desires and purpose. 298 00:22:36,931 --> 00:22:39,411 It is the movement of the free society with 299 00:22:39,411 --> 00:22:41,600 the roads of each person. 300 00:22:44,148 --> 00:22:46,348 I was part of it once. 301 00:22:46,348 --> 00:22:50,445 I was part of this indissoluble and ancestral self 302 00:22:50,662 --> 00:22:54,205 made up of the knowledge and information that I had got 303 00:22:54,205 --> 00:22:58,537 through a constant perseverance, will, patience and understanding. 304 00:23:02,194 --> 00:23:04,045 I had accomplishments and hopes. 305 00:23:04,045 --> 00:23:06,531 I let myself led by the general stream 306 00:23:06,554 --> 00:23:11,760 on its main direction but because all others, 307 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,348 the most beautiful creation of nature, 308 00:23:14,348 --> 00:23:18,057 the human being with his weaknesses and vulnerability 309 00:23:18,057 --> 00:23:22,405 of his singularity, I accepted that reality of the unexpected, 310 00:23:22,405 --> 00:23:27,211 of the truth that it is possible to be some deviations on the way 311 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:32,594 emphasized by dark areas, but full of mystery, attractive, but at the same time 312 00:23:32,594 --> 00:23:34,217 invisible to the others. 313 00:23:34,942 --> 00:23:39,542 That bad moment created by the lack of attention made me change the main course 314 00:23:39,542 --> 00:23:46,011 and with an ease I'll never understand, to go to an unknown direction that 315 00:23:46,302 --> 00:23:49,725 created that sudden cut from the course of civilization. 316 00:23:50,062 --> 00:23:56,422 I followed it and my new way was marked by other leading signs. 317 00:23:57,130 --> 00:24:01,485 First indication,” ONE WAY”, 318 00:24:02,068 --> 00:24:04,868 made me understand there is no way back. 319 00:24:05,628 --> 00:24:06,771 This is the course of my life. 320 00:24:06,771 --> 00:24:09,668 I was frightened but faithful at the same time 321 00:24:10,302 --> 00:24:12,125 that everything could be passed ok, 322 00:24:12,188 --> 00:24:16,400 that we were people in a civilized community, not in the woods. 323 00:24:16,451 --> 00:24:19,765 My job created me more critical circumstances that I passed over. 324 00:24:19,777 --> 00:24:21,720 Why wouldn't be the same this time? 325 00:24:21,770 --> 00:24:26,714 The only difference, not pleasant at all but very pregnant, 326 00:24:26,737 --> 00:24:28,030 was “TIME”. 327 00:24:28,542 --> 00:24:30,948 I saw then another sign. 328 00:24:32,165 --> 00:24:33,754 “LONG WAY / LONG TIME”. 329 00:24:33,754 --> 00:24:39,348 It is clear, it's a long way. Where and when will it be over? I asked myself. 330 00:24:39,634 --> 00:24:43,771 It didn't take too long and the next mark appeared with the inscription on it 331 00:24:44,620 --> 00:24:46,782 “10 YEARS”. 332 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:51,628 Look, I am on a civilized way though, the marks are in English. 333 00:24:51,845 --> 00:24:56,600 Why do I wonder? We are in EU with the afferent rights. 334 00:24:56,691 --> 00:25:00,628 We mustn't get lost especially on a way like this. 335 00:25:01,188 --> 00:25:03,091 And look, another traffic mark. 336 00:25:04,537 --> 00:25:05,982 “LITTLE TOWN PARKING”. 337 00:25:06,274 --> 00:25:07,817 So I am in a little town. 338 00:25:08,005 --> 00:25:10,474 What world is this and to whom does it belong? 339 00:25:10,622 --> 00:25:13,268 I expected something else and look what I found. 340 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:17,251 And then I saw another mark from the distance indicating 341 00:25:17,657 --> 00:25:18,525 “HOTEL” 342 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:19,937 Written on a vertical line. 343 00:25:20,365 --> 00:25:23,714 But when I got closer I saw the explanation of the initials 344 00:25:25,131 --> 00:25:28,274 “HERE ONLY TICKETS ENTRANCE LIBERTY” 345 00:25:28,274 --> 00:25:32,234 And then I realized that the tickets are personalized 346 00:25:32,234 --> 00:25:35,748 for a well determined period in this community and, of course, 347 00:25:35,925 --> 00:25:38,960 valid for a compulsory area. 348 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:44,177 Here you begin counting down and not to get bored you change arithmetic with 349 00:25:44,177 --> 00:25:49,331 reading, painting, the recreate activities, sports, art and 350 00:25:49,331 --> 00:25:53,131 especially let's not forget meditation, including the religious one. 351 00:25:53,131 --> 00:25:55,314 I can say it's a nice and peaceful life, 352 00:25:55,310 --> 00:25:58,828 in fact it is the way you make it, the way you organize it and 353 00:25:58,845 --> 00:26:00,170 it depends on your self education. 354 00:26:00,170 --> 00:26:01,960 Everything depends on the individual. 355 00:26:02,022 --> 00:26:05,788 You must think before you want in order to see everything good, 356 00:26:05,788 --> 00:26:10,302 to be convinced you will reach the end of this parallel civilization 357 00:26:10,628 --> 00:26:14,605 with its one way road that you have to go through whether you want or not. 358 00:26:14,965 --> 00:26:16,925 The habitude is the second nature. 359 00:26:16,925 --> 00:26:19,531 Am I not a homo sapiens too, 360 00:26:19,531 --> 00:26:22,217 no matter whether I am in or out of the prison? 361 00:26:22,251 --> 00:26:25,914 So I have to admit the presence of a horizon that comes closer and closer 362 00:26:26,474 --> 00:26:31,017 when I will be able to make the coming back jump in the continuous stream of the society. 363 00:27:10,380 --> 00:27:14,580 Cozieanu, theft 364 00:31:04,860 --> 00:31:08,980 Marian, drug traffic 365 00:31:26,137 --> 00:31:31,777 Rehabilitation? Hm...for me rehabilitation means we have to learn 366 00:31:31,777 --> 00:31:33,571 to appreciate all the moments in life. 367 00:31:34,251 --> 00:31:38,314 From the smallest things to the great accomplishments. 368 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,034 I learnt to appreciate any kind of activity here. 369 00:31:52,131 --> 00:31:54,674 I don't know..starting with watering the flowers 370 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:59,377 when I am allowed to, to the moment I go to visits, excited 371 00:31:59,428 --> 00:32:03,457 that for the next hour I will be able to see my girlfriend and 372 00:32:03,457 --> 00:32:07,285 I will be free to express my love for her even through the security window. 373 00:32:16,470 --> 00:32:21,531 I’m not talking about the visits to lunch when I am rewarded for the activities 374 00:32:21,531 --> 00:32:23,531 I was involved in. 375 00:32:33,874 --> 00:32:36,268 The first visit to lunch? Hm… 376 00:32:36,468 --> 00:32:39,028 The first visit to lunch was on my birthday. 377 00:32:42,514 --> 00:32:45,382 It was the greatest anniversary of my life. 378 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,925 If I was distressed when I was free that everything had to be perfect, 379 00:32:49,925 --> 00:32:52,062 that my friends had to be content 380 00:32:52,062 --> 00:32:54,714 I felt extraordinary here. 381 00:32:55,148 --> 00:32:56,920 It was cool. 382 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,354 I don't know how to say it in words... 383 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:02,771 I felt it was my first anniversary ever, 384 00:33:02,771 --> 00:33:04,342 even though I was in prison. 385 00:33:07,885 --> 00:33:09,102 For those that are outside... 386 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:12,897 Enjoy and take advantage of each moment because... 387 00:33:12,897 --> 00:33:14,845 This is what freedom means! 388 00:33:18,860 --> 00:33:22,700 Octavian, murder 389 00:33:33,605 --> 00:33:35,925 I am a murderer. 390 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,222 I will die in gritting of teeth 391 00:33:39,222 --> 00:33:44,040 and there is no one to have mercy upon me if I die. 392 00:33:44,325 --> 00:33:46,451 And how it is possible for someone to have mercy 393 00:33:46,451 --> 00:33:51,120 when I can't find mercy for me within myself? 394 00:33:51,405 --> 00:33:53,211 But why am I afraid of? 395 00:33:53,668 --> 00:33:55,211 It's only me. 396 00:33:56,354 --> 00:33:58,588 Is there any killer in here? 397 00:34:00,097 --> 00:34:02,314 No! Oh, yes. 398 00:34:02,702 --> 00:34:04,194 It's me! 399 00:34:04,908 --> 00:34:06,937 Should I run from myself? 400 00:34:07,217 --> 00:34:10,800 But why? For all the good I did to myself? 401 00:34:11,582 --> 00:34:12,720 Oh, no! 402 00:34:13,514 --> 00:34:17,988 For so many crimes I did. 403 00:34:18,994 --> 00:34:23,462 You fool, speak nice about yourself! 404 00:34:23,931 --> 00:34:27,548 You fool, do not flatter yourself! 405 00:34:28,291 --> 00:34:30,794 In my mind so many voices 406 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,525 are telling me a story 407 00:34:32,588 --> 00:34:35,754 and each story tells me that murder 408 00:34:35,931 --> 00:34:38,828 the most awful murder... 409 00:34:40,668 --> 00:34:42,554 Give me another horse! 410 00:34:42,817 --> 00:34:44,760 Bind me my wounds! 411 00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:49,662 Jesus, have I dreamt? 412 00:35:08,228 --> 00:35:10,320 It is simple and obvious. 413 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:15,451 Each of us is here because he broke the rules of the 414 00:35:15,451 --> 00:35:17,737 society we live in, isn't it? 415 00:35:18,474 --> 00:35:21,268 It is good that here you have something you never miss, 416 00:35:21,268 --> 00:35:22,257 time. 417 00:35:22,897 --> 00:35:25,342 So you have time for introspection. 418 00:35:26,165 --> 00:35:29,091 And to put the finger on the wound, 419 00:35:29,234 --> 00:35:34,045 to see which are those wrong choices that you made in life 420 00:35:34,045 --> 00:35:35,720 and brought you here. 421 00:35:39,542 --> 00:35:49,371 Of course, for each of us the psychic impact that the detention brings is different. 422 00:35:49,371 --> 00:35:51,371 There are though a few common things. 423 00:35:52,862 --> 00:35:57,691 The crush, the lack of privacy and the most important thing, 424 00:35:58,291 --> 00:36:01,080 the relation with the dear ones is disturbed. 425 00:36:01,965 --> 00:36:04,262 And I want to be very clear. 426 00:36:04,925 --> 00:36:07,805 Although they are not guilty at all for our mistakes, 427 00:36:07,805 --> 00:36:10,154 most of the times they suffer more than us. 428 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,011 What seemed to me the most difficult? 429 00:36:15,257 --> 00:36:17,388 Keeping connection to reality. That connection 430 00:36:17,954 --> 00:36:21,754 that after a quite long period 431 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:23,885 tends to fade out. 432 00:36:24,382 --> 00:36:27,497 I think that besides punishment, that chance 433 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,645 of a real social integration should exist. 434 00:36:30,771 --> 00:36:37,382 And I think that the time of violent education is not actual anymore. 435 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,948 And here the self-awareness intervenes 436 00:36:41,131 --> 00:36:43,851 as I said before, you have to be aware of what you did 437 00:36:44,228 --> 00:36:46,948 and the society. 438 00:36:47,617 --> 00:36:50,874 Because we, in the end, we all are the society.