FNX Magokiler Posted December 11, 2023 Posted December 11, 2023 –Behind every person deprived of liberty there is a story. In the case of women, prison means not only the deprivation of their freedom, but also that of their young children. This video shows it. As well as the impact that prison has on pregnant women and the importance of the cell phone in their lives – points out the Minister of Justice of the Government of Gabriel Boric, Luis Cordero Vega (51), after watching the trailer of Malqueridas, an award-winning Chilean documentary. at the recent Venice Film Festival. He did it together with the chaplain of the women's prison, Sister Nelly León, and the Argentine architect who is an expert in prisons, Nicolás Serra. He also saw the synopsis of the short film Volver a Casa, by another young Chilean audiovisual director. The emotions of imprisoned men and women are shown there, when through virtual reality headsets they tour their neighborhood, their home and their family as if they were there, free. The minister appreciated all of this as a guest on the latest program “Hora de Conversar” of 2023, which the Hogar de Cristo broadcasts via streaming. In November 2022, Law 21,494 was published. She classified as a crime the entry of prohibited items that allow inmates to communicate with the outside world. That, in theory, because we all know in detail the large number of scams and extortions that continue to be carried out by telephone from prisons. What's more, after a false minister gave telephone instructions to let his supposed nephews enter the Ministry of Social Development so that they could take out a cuantuay – computers and even a safe –. The law was supplemented. In August, Congress voted to establish “a minor prison sentence in its minimum to medium degree for anyone who, being deprived of liberty in a penitentiary establishment, has cell phones, part of them, chips or telecommunications devices in their possession.” How was the award-winning documentary Malqueridas put together then? Only with images prior to the legal standard. It is material collected for a long time prior to the prohibition. What does the minister say?: –The trailer of the documentary shows the importance of the telephone, especially for pregnant women and imprisoned mothers. There is a way to maintain the bond with your loved ones and be present from a distance when raising your children. However, we have made general decisions in a context of extreme legal “punitivism”, where we impose an absolute ban on cell phones only thinking about avoiding telephone scams and these types of crimes. This prevents us from seeing other uses of mobile phones as tools that strengthen ties, as in the case of mothers who are heads of households deprived of liberty. The lawyer is forceful in stating that “those of us who participate in the public debate, when we talk about prison, must do so from the knowledge of what it means to live deprived of liberty. Confinement not only compromises those who are in prison, but also their immediate surroundings. For women, this impact is greater, because most of them are mothers and many of them are heads of household.” https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2023/12/11/luis-cordero-ministro-de-justicia-hoy-estamos-en-54-mil-personas-privadas-de-libertad/
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