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A Prison for Hope

 

Yo Cambio (I Change) Penitentiary, San Salvador, El Salvador. Since 2014, the program was implemented within the penitentiary system to rehabilitate former gang members. 

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Yo Cambio (I Change) Penitentiary, San Salvador, El Salvador

Visiting a vast prison outside San Salvador shocked us. This prison looked nothing like the images American media shows us. Eighty-five percent of the prisoners here belong to a program called Yo Cambio.  The prison is self-sufficient, with prisoners providing all of the necessary goods and services.

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