Prison journalism: Echoes of Exile: Tales from Behind Bars

18/09/2023

Prison journalism: Echoes of Exile: Tales from Behind BarsBandile Ntuli was incarcerated in Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. He participated in a restorative justice programme while inside prison.

by Bandile Ntuli

18-09-2023 08:32

in Prison Journalism

Bandile Ntuli was incarcerated in Pollsmoor Correctional Centre. He participated in a restorative justice programme while inside prison. Image via unsplash

Telling war stories, creating bonds that never die,

Family formed in exile, with the trials that take nor give,

Life, a life of pain and sorrow, filled with hate and bars, no love.

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In the center of it all, incarcerated with the best of the best,

In a safari voiture with its own rules, and all the dues that cause to follow,

All needed is a narrow mindset.

One father is all I utter in time of prayer,

In hope of these bars that hold me at bay,

Open, and the walls around me may fall like the walls of Jericho.

Blessed am I who stand to make play of this life,

And live to tell the truth of a life lost in greed and desire,

Even then, a mirror.

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DISCLAIMER: Submission published as received

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RESTORE is an NGO based in Cape Town, South Africa, providing inmates at Pollsmoor Prison with restorative justice opportunities.

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