Zooming in: working with incarcerated youth

Education in Europe

News, Politics

5 • 1 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Active European citizenship requires a minimum of understanding of how politics operate at the European level but educational programs in this field often do not reach enough young people.

In this episode, we talk about working with incarcerated youth with Theodora Katsamori, an expert in in-prison education.

Produced by the Green European Foundation - with financial support from the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the European Parliament.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Education in Europe, brought to you by the Green European Foundation
0:04.5	with financial support from the Robert Bosch Stifton and the European Parliament.
0:10.5	When I say the words prisoner behind bars, who comes to mind? Think now.
0:16.2	Who do you imagine that person to be?
0:19.7	What if they were just 18 or 19 years old at the dawn of their adult
0:23.6	life? No matter what your thoughts are, inappropriate and commensurate justice, crime and
0:30.1	punishment or rehabilitation, we all know that these young people will one day return to society. Will they have learned their lesson?
0:39.3	Will they be prepared to be a productive member of their communities?
0:43.3	Dora Katsamari is asking these important questions
0:46.3	and works with young student prisoners at the Second Chance School
0:50.3	inside the walls of a prison in Athens, Greece.
0:53.3	Today, Dora takes us inside those prison walls.
0:59.0	So I entered the prison.
1:02.6	The feeling is really strange when you enter the gate.
1:08.1	Because it's a prison.
1:18.6	Tall walls, everything in grey, you know, irones all around. But when I enter the door of the school, it's something else.
1:24.6	It's like I am in another world.
1:28.3	It's cool, even if it's located in the prison.
1:32.3	You know, there are paintings all around the walls for the classes.
1:37.3	There are students all around.
1:39.3	Some of them are playing basketball outside in the garden.
1:45.0	Everybody enjoys it and they really want to be there because they feel free.
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