Pristatymas Moterių Kalėjime

Last Thursday, on May 7th, we went to the women prison in Panevėžys. As Laia has worked in a prison in Spain before she was very interested in getting to know the prison here as well, whereupon Kristina organized an appointment for us.

 

Our presentation, for about 30 women, took place in the class room in one of the prison buildings. At the beginning we introduced ourselves in Lithuanian and showed a movie that Laia had created about her EVS experience. We also had baked cake for the women because we thought it would be a nice gesture and wanted to create a comfortable atmosphere for everybody. Afterwards, we showed a quiz and a presentation about our countries. I think the women liked both very much as many of them discussed the answers to the quiz questions and told us that  they found it very interesting. They also asked about women prisons in our countries, so Laia explained them what the prison she volunteered at was like. At the end, we could also ask questions to the women. All the four of us felt very comfortable while presenting and to meet the women and see the prison from inside was very interesting for  us.

 

After our presentation, the prison‘s director showed us around: We could see some rooms where the women live (one woman even invited us to see her room), the library room, the church room, the factory where the women work from outside, and the building with yard for the women who live there with their babies.

All in all, we are very glad to have gained the experience to meet with the women and to give them an insight into the life in our home countries and our work in Panevėžys. The prison‘s director is thinking about applying as a host organization for EVS volunteers in the future. In our opinion, that would be a great idea.

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