1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:01:14,490 --> 00:01:16,533 - Hello. - What's up? 4 00:01:16,575 --> 00:01:18,870 I set it aside for you. 5 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:22,665 I have the cash with me. My brother gave it to me. 6 00:01:22,748 --> 00:01:27,003 Good, have it ready. How much you got? 7 00:01:27,378 --> 00:01:29,255 I have $200. 8 00:01:29,297 --> 00:01:33,175 Good, good. That's it. I'll call you to arrange delivery. 9 00:01:46,147 --> 00:01:48,273 Now they can be used. 10 00:01:49,775 --> 00:01:51,945 This one too. You'll see. 11 00:01:54,072 --> 00:01:57,492 This one fits in your pocket, five shots. 12 00:01:57,908 --> 00:02:00,162 Small and comfortable. 13 00:02:01,913 --> 00:02:04,707 The person who safeguards these needs me to remove 14 00:02:04,748 --> 00:02:06,583 the serial numbers. - Why? 15 00:02:06,667 --> 00:02:08,800 Because if they catch us he will be in trouble, 16 00:02:08,843 --> 00:02:10,797 because he was supposed to keep these safe. 17 00:02:10,838 --> 00:02:12,840 - Where? - At the police station. 18 00:02:12,882 --> 00:02:14,800 The police give these to me. 19 00:02:14,883 --> 00:02:16,815 We talk every week. Some batches 20 00:02:16,839 --> 00:02:19,013 come on Fridays, some on Wednesdays. 21 00:02:19,055 --> 00:02:23,643 He brings a bag with 20 to 32 guns. 22 00:02:24,102 --> 00:02:25,743 How many did you get this morning? 23 00:02:25,790 --> 00:02:27,105 24. 24 00:02:27,897 --> 00:02:29,815 Why do you have so few left? 25 00:02:29,857 --> 00:02:34,070 Because they sell like hotcakes. Everyone's waiting for them. 26 00:02:34,487 --> 00:02:38,950 When big batches come, around 30 or more, 27 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:40,641 they're sent to the prison. 28 00:02:40,666 --> 00:02:43,961 They are bought and smuggled inside. Who smuggles them in? 29 00:02:43,986 --> 00:02:46,414 The National Guard. The guards take 30 00:02:46,439 --> 00:02:48,610 their cut and give it to them inside. 31 00:02:48,635 --> 00:02:51,735 These were once used by cops to fight criminals. 32 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:56,407 Now they'll be used by criminals to fight cops. 33 00:02:58,930 --> 00:03:00,933 Here is another one. Hello? 34 00:03:18,700 --> 00:03:21,810 My passion is visiting prisons. 35 00:03:22,328 --> 00:03:23,895 That's my passion. 36 00:03:24,915 --> 00:03:27,208 Because that's where I come from. 37 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,465 Does it help you see where you are now? 38 00:03:31,508 --> 00:03:34,467 What is it that you want, to help others to change? 39 00:03:34,523 --> 00:03:37,943 Precisely, I want to deliver the message... 40 00:03:38,625 --> 00:03:40,222 to those inside. 41 00:03:40,722 --> 00:03:45,185 To help them see that they can change their life. 42 00:03:45,268 --> 00:03:50,148 So that once they are free they'll have a new mindset. 43 00:03:50,232 --> 00:03:52,323 You can't keep the old mindset. 44 00:03:52,335 --> 00:03:54,778 You have to leave all that behind. 45 00:04:07,958 --> 00:04:11,587 Excuse me, what's the difference between these two entrances? 46 00:04:11,628 --> 00:04:13,480 Everyone walks freely in there. 47 00:04:13,523 --> 00:04:16,883 Well, not freely. Just to where The Pran says they can. 48 00:04:16,967 --> 00:04:19,845 The Pran, that's the boss there. 49 00:04:19,887 --> 00:04:21,638 And is he a good ruler? 50 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:25,850 Yes, because in other prisons you see dead inmates constantly. 51 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:27,978 And here you don't see that many? 52 00:04:28,353 --> 00:04:30,563 Every now and then. 53 00:04:30,605 --> 00:04:32,692 And you are part of the ministry? 54 00:04:33,275 --> 00:04:35,257 The Ministry for Prison affairs. 55 00:04:35,300 --> 00:04:37,153 Do the guards ever go inside? 56 00:04:37,237 --> 00:04:39,990 We can only go into the administrative area. 57 00:04:40,073 --> 00:04:41,732 Why can you only go there? 58 00:04:41,756 --> 00:04:43,993 Those are their rules in there. 59 00:05:33,085 --> 00:05:34,462 Good day. 60 00:05:37,713 --> 00:05:39,048 Your ID. 61 00:05:47,975 --> 00:05:50,102 Visitors in the prison! 62 00:05:53,605 --> 00:05:56,065 Watchmen to their post! 63 00:06:26,763 --> 00:06:28,640 No, don't film us man. 64 00:06:28,807 --> 00:06:30,183 Don't film them. 65 00:06:44,405 --> 00:06:48,243 I sell movies and cigarettes to survive in here. 66 00:06:48,618 --> 00:06:50,824 I spent eighteen years in prison 67 00:06:50,836 --> 00:06:53,540 before, and was quickly brought back. 68 00:06:53,801 --> 00:06:57,859 Back then, it was hard for a man to 69 00:06:57,871 --> 00:07:01,715 reintegrate himself into society. 70 00:07:02,507 --> 00:07:05,665 I think that prisons should have been 71 00:07:05,677 --> 00:07:08,597 under our control a long time ago. 72 00:07:08,722 --> 00:07:12,392 You know why? Because now a man can decide his own future here. 73 00:07:12,433 --> 00:07:16,103 Nowadays we're not harassed. 74 00:07:16,188 --> 00:07:19,065 We don't have the persecution we had before. 75 00:07:19,148 --> 00:07:22,200 Today a man can walk freely, he can do whatever he wants. 76 00:07:22,243 --> 00:07:24,053 Look at me, I'm calm here. No one 77 00:07:24,065 --> 00:07:26,155 will come and take my things by force. 78 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:30,160 Back then, if you had a gold chain, I'd take it from you. 79 00:07:31,245 --> 00:07:33,455 And why doesn't that happen anymore? 80 00:07:33,497 --> 00:07:35,832 Because we have developed a conscience 81 00:07:35,915 --> 00:07:38,668 of what we truly are: a union. 82 00:07:38,752 --> 00:07:41,630 Everything is love, as they say. 83 00:07:41,713 --> 00:07:43,507 We are a brotherhood. 84 00:07:44,550 --> 00:07:48,887 That's all I can say. We've been moving forward. 85 00:07:57,062 --> 00:07:59,815 With this you will go crazy, with this stuff. 86 00:08:01,858 --> 00:08:05,070 Look, one gram of cocaine, the good kind. 87 00:08:05,112 --> 00:08:06,697 - How much does it cost? - $2. 88 00:08:06,738 --> 00:08:08,407 You also sell crack? 89 00:08:08,448 --> 00:08:11,200 Yes, this here, one gram $4. 90 00:08:31,137 --> 00:08:33,432 He was practically born riding a motorbike. 91 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,058 It's his art, what he's good at. 92 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:38,770 This is how he avoids feeling imprisoned. 93 00:08:38,853 --> 00:08:40,653 He is serving his sentence, 94 00:08:40,697 --> 00:08:43,775 but he's still allowed to practice his sport. 95 00:08:47,653 --> 00:08:49,415 My dear brother, this prison was 96 00:08:49,427 --> 00:08:51,867 originally built for eight hundred people. 97 00:08:52,575 --> 00:08:55,912 We are now eight thousand, and new people arrive daily. 98 00:08:56,455 --> 00:08:59,279 This isn't like any prison in the 99 00:08:59,291 --> 00:09:02,627 United States or any developed country, 100 00:09:02,668 --> 00:09:06,255 where you get your uniform and an assigned cell. 101 00:09:06,298 --> 00:09:09,467 Here, you are first sent to "The Church", 102 00:09:10,010 --> 00:09:12,563 where you spend some time adapting, then 103 00:09:12,575 --> 00:09:14,890 you must search for a place to live. 104 00:09:40,540 --> 00:09:43,627 How do they get up there? Do they climb this way? 105 00:09:44,002 --> 00:09:45,491 Are they the ones you call the 106 00:09:45,503 --> 00:09:47,255 renegades? What do you call them? 107 00:09:47,297 --> 00:09:50,342 - Yes, the renegades. - Why are they up there? 108 00:09:51,050 --> 00:09:54,262 - Due to their lifestyle. - They have problems. 109 00:09:55,097 --> 00:09:58,183 One of the reasons I'm here is because I'm a homosexual. 110 00:09:58,267 --> 00:09:59,307 Homosexuals are up here? 111 00:09:59,319 --> 00:10:01,060 Yes, and we can't live with the others. 112 00:10:01,102 --> 00:10:04,355 We homosexuals can't live down there, so we are sent up here. 113 00:10:04,397 --> 00:10:06,107 Waiting to be transferred out. 114 00:10:07,275 --> 00:10:09,443 What happens if you come down? 115 00:10:10,612 --> 00:10:12,488 - No, we can't. - We just can't. 116 00:10:12,738 --> 00:10:15,950 - Only to leave the prison. - True. 117 00:10:16,618 --> 00:10:19,328 To get down they have to get us out of the prison. 118 00:10:19,370 --> 00:10:21,582 That's what we want, to leave this prison. 119 00:10:21,623 --> 00:10:23,542 - Can visitors come up here? - No. 120 00:10:23,792 --> 00:10:25,502 Only there, where that woman is. 121 00:10:25,543 --> 00:10:29,213 Over there, see? She is visiting one of the boys. 122 00:10:35,887 --> 00:10:38,557 Everyone else has been transferred out. 123 00:10:38,598 --> 00:10:41,870 - Only we remain here. - They put us up here... 124 00:10:41,913 --> 00:10:43,853 to accelerate our transfer. 125 00:10:45,397 --> 00:10:48,483 They took everyone, except us. 126 00:10:48,608 --> 00:10:50,360 Take our picture! 127 00:10:50,402 --> 00:10:53,447 Take our picture, for the TV. 128 00:11:11,088 --> 00:11:13,842 Take a picture of this garden. 129 00:11:59,095 --> 00:12:00,805 This is the kitchen. 130 00:12:01,308 --> 00:12:03,475 That's the butcher. 131 00:12:04,017 --> 00:12:05,935 Have you been sentenced? 132 00:12:05,977 --> 00:12:07,187 - Yes. - How long? 133 00:12:07,228 --> 00:12:08,605 Sixteen years. 134 00:12:08,647 --> 00:12:10,648 I hear many inmates are still awaiting trial. 135 00:12:10,690 --> 00:12:12,933 Me, that's my case. 136 00:12:12,983 --> 00:12:15,718 I've been waiting four years for 137 00:12:15,730 --> 00:12:18,907 my trial hearing and still nothing. 138 00:12:19,365 --> 00:12:21,215 You've been here four years? Can't 139 00:12:21,227 --> 00:12:23,035 you ask for something to be done? 140 00:12:23,077 --> 00:12:25,497 Who am I gonna ask? Only God. 141 00:12:34,713 --> 00:12:37,672 CHURCH OF RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION 142 00:12:37,715 --> 00:12:38,885 ELEVATE JEHOVAH 143 00:12:50,147 --> 00:12:53,007 We're the people in charge of cleaning. 144 00:12:53,050 --> 00:12:56,277 We're "The Baptized," the members of "The Church". 145 00:12:57,362 --> 00:12:58,988 This is the bathroom. 146 00:12:59,197 --> 00:13:02,367 Visiting days, routine days... 147 00:13:02,408 --> 00:13:05,453 While we are here, this is the bathroom. 148 00:13:06,495 --> 00:13:08,842 And we clean it the best we can. 149 00:13:08,854 --> 00:13:10,000 This is crazy. 150 00:13:17,007 --> 00:13:20,010 Tell me what is "the routine"? 151 00:13:20,093 --> 00:13:22,887 “The Routine" is knowing how to walk. 152 00:13:22,928 --> 00:13:26,265 How to behave correctly when you are in prison. 153 00:13:26,390 --> 00:13:28,560 If you don't know you learn from those who do. 154 00:13:28,643 --> 00:13:31,938 We'll teach you, put you on the right path. 155 00:13:32,022 --> 00:13:33,963 Some might try to teach you what's bad, 156 00:13:33,975 --> 00:13:36,025 but we will teach you how to act in here. 157 00:13:36,067 --> 00:13:39,028 How to walk, talk, what you must and must not do. 158 00:13:39,278 --> 00:13:43,157 When someone makes a mistake, we send them to "The Church." 159 00:13:44,742 --> 00:13:48,037 We leave them there for a couple of days to teach them a lesson. 160 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,917 Then we let them out, but you know how it is in here. 161 00:13:52,250 --> 00:13:55,420 You give someone an opportunity and they keep fucking up. 162 00:14:05,597 --> 00:14:08,517 In general, whether you were good or bad in the street, 163 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:10,968 in here we are all categorized into 164 00:14:10,980 --> 00:14:13,228 "Thugs" "Workers" and "Baptized." 165 00:14:13,647 --> 00:14:16,398 "The Baptized" are those who live in "The Church," 166 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,233 abiding by God's word. 167 00:14:18,652 --> 00:14:23,573 Thugs like myself, for example, if we incur a debt with someone, 168 00:14:23,948 --> 00:14:25,571 and we don't have the money to pay 169 00:14:25,583 --> 00:14:27,452 them back, we are sent to "The Church." 170 00:14:27,535 --> 00:14:29,371 We must leave the world of thugs and 171 00:14:29,383 --> 00:14:31,330 go live in "The Church" as men of God, 172 00:14:31,413 --> 00:14:36,753 following God's rules, going to prayers every morning, fasting, 173 00:14:37,045 --> 00:14:38,885 doing everything in the name of God, 174 00:14:38,897 --> 00:14:40,548 because you are in "The Church." 175 00:14:40,632 --> 00:14:42,359 However, some men might go to "The 176 00:14:42,371 --> 00:14:44,260 Church" to save their lives, because, 177 00:14:44,302 --> 00:14:47,555 God really does protect people in here. 178 00:14:47,722 --> 00:14:50,144 There are men who've made serious 179 00:14:50,156 --> 00:14:52,948 mistakes, and other inmates don't want 180 00:14:52,990 --> 00:14:57,065 to accept them, because they've done something really bad, 181 00:14:57,107 --> 00:15:00,443 so they seek refuge in God, they become baptized. 182 00:15:00,652 --> 00:15:03,460 No matter what others may think of them, 183 00:15:03,503 --> 00:15:05,321 they always have to act as 184 00:15:05,333 --> 00:15:07,867 someone who is on the path of God. 185 00:15:26,218 --> 00:15:28,137 One, two, three, Tren del Sur! 186 00:15:28,220 --> 00:15:30,015 One, two, three, freedom! 187 00:15:30,765 --> 00:15:34,727 The rules in here must be followed by everyone. 188 00:15:34,810 --> 00:15:37,188 We have one leader, and he has our respect, 189 00:15:37,230 --> 00:15:39,690 and everyone knows we must follow him. 190 00:15:40,192 --> 00:15:43,987 We have more unity among inmates, you understand? 191 00:15:44,028 --> 00:15:47,323 This is one house, under one boss. 192 00:15:48,157 --> 00:15:50,160 The Pran is first boss in line, then? 193 00:15:50,243 --> 00:15:52,745 The Pran, then the second and third in command... 194 00:15:54,163 --> 00:15:59,210 Then the watchmen of high and low rank, 195 00:16:01,295 --> 00:16:03,590 and then the rest of the prison population. 196 00:16:05,550 --> 00:16:08,093 Thugs have a criminal court system. 197 00:16:08,177 --> 00:16:11,848 What's the system? Say someone made a mistake. 198 00:16:11,890 --> 00:16:15,393 That man will be brought before the criminal court. 199 00:16:15,435 --> 00:16:20,398 And he will be judged according to the degree of his fault. 200 00:16:20,523 --> 00:16:24,735 The sentence might be death, 201 00:16:24,777 --> 00:16:27,280 or he might just get shot in the stomach, 202 00:16:27,322 --> 00:16:30,492 or the leg, or the hands. 203 00:16:30,700 --> 00:16:32,993 They shoot you in the stomach, 204 00:16:33,035 --> 00:16:37,540 or in the leg, in any part of it, a nonlethal shot, 205 00:16:37,582 --> 00:16:40,460 Or you must put your hands like this, 206 00:16:40,502 --> 00:16:43,838 and the crime determines where they shoot. 207 00:16:43,922 --> 00:16:46,298 Don't you think it's odd? 208 00:16:46,382 --> 00:16:48,560 Inmates passing judgment on those 209 00:16:48,572 --> 00:16:50,762 who've already been sentenced...? 210 00:16:50,845 --> 00:16:52,847 No, I don't think it's odd. 211 00:16:52,930 --> 00:16:55,898 Because this was created by the government. 212 00:16:56,017 --> 00:17:01,815 What else can a man do with a gun inside a prison? 213 00:17:01,940 --> 00:17:05,735 What? What do you think is being created in there? 214 00:17:05,943 --> 00:17:07,945 You are creating a monster. 215 00:17:56,660 --> 00:18:00,498 Honestly, when people fear us, it fulfills us. 216 00:18:01,123 --> 00:18:04,585 if you arrive and people fear you, you know you made it. 217 00:18:04,627 --> 00:18:06,963 Everything is mine, your music is mine, all mine. 218 00:18:07,005 --> 00:18:10,342 Everyone steps aside, I dance, everyone shuts up. 219 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,510 Only my decisions count. 220 00:18:12,802 --> 00:18:14,762 It's like respect, like saying... 221 00:18:14,803 --> 00:18:16,848 Like when the teacher enters the classroom. 222 00:18:16,890 --> 00:18:19,767 - That's it. - All the students are standing. 223 00:18:19,808 --> 00:18:22,270 The teacher is here. "Sit." Everyone sits. 224 00:18:22,312 --> 00:18:25,022 Anyone will feel great, anyone. 225 00:18:25,063 --> 00:18:28,777 - The best girls, the money. - You're the most famous. 226 00:18:28,818 --> 00:18:30,778 When I first saw that I could steal 227 00:18:30,790 --> 00:18:32,488 and kill and nothing happened, 228 00:18:32,530 --> 00:18:34,357 and I got lots of money, that was it. It was fast. 229 00:18:34,382 --> 00:18:35,575 It's easy. 230 00:18:35,617 --> 00:18:38,410 It's the fastest way to get money, to become famous. 231 00:18:38,452 --> 00:18:40,830 It's the easiest excuse we look for... 232 00:18:41,205 --> 00:18:43,457 An excuse... because... 233 00:18:44,292 --> 00:18:47,115 In my case, I have 5 siblings, My parents gave me... 234 00:18:47,170 --> 00:18:49,672 the opportunity to study but I didn't, 235 00:18:49,963 --> 00:18:52,758 it was easier to just go rob someone... 236 00:18:53,342 --> 00:18:55,428 How do you see yourself at 60 years old? 237 00:18:55,512 --> 00:18:57,013 I'm not gonna live to 60. 238 00:18:59,765 --> 00:19:01,183 I'm not going to. 239 00:19:02,018 --> 00:19:04,103 - Oh! You surprised him! - Yeah. 240 00:19:04,312 --> 00:19:06,855 Real life is different. 241 00:19:07,482 --> 00:19:09,483 It's different than people believe. 242 00:19:09,525 --> 00:19:14,280 Those "good mornings" and "good afternoons," those are lies. 243 00:19:14,572 --> 00:19:16,615 The world belongs to the quick and evil. 244 00:19:16,657 --> 00:19:19,577 While you work, I'm thinking of how to rob you. 245 00:19:21,182 --> 00:19:22,455 It's that simple. 246 00:20:46,038 --> 00:20:49,042 Well, what can I tell you? 247 00:20:49,083 --> 00:20:54,255 My mother gave birth to 18 children. 248 00:20:54,797 --> 00:20:58,008 And one of the main problems I had to face in life 249 00:20:58,092 --> 00:21:01,303 was that I am the product of an infidelity. 250 00:21:01,595 --> 00:21:05,015 My mom was married, 251 00:21:05,223 --> 00:21:09,770 but she fell in love with my dad and cheated. 252 00:21:10,145 --> 00:21:14,025 And when the cat got out of the bag, 253 00:21:14,525 --> 00:21:17,317 that's where life turned rough on me. 254 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:21,365 All of a sudden, I began to suffer the consequences. 255 00:21:23,325 --> 00:21:25,662 My siblings wouldn't play with me. 256 00:21:25,828 --> 00:21:28,832 They wouldn't even come near me. 257 00:21:28,998 --> 00:21:32,460 So I grew up in isolation. 258 00:21:33,085 --> 00:21:36,005 So I decided to leave home 259 00:21:36,505 --> 00:21:38,548 and head towards Caracas. 260 00:21:39,550 --> 00:21:42,177 When I got to the city, I started 261 00:21:42,189 --> 00:21:45,138 hanging with a bunch of kids like me. 262 00:21:46,390 --> 00:21:50,352 I began by stealing purses, necklaces, 263 00:21:51,437 --> 00:21:54,898 ripping off pockets, sleeping on the sidewalk, 264 00:21:54,940 --> 00:21:57,444 spending nights under bridges. 265 00:21:57,456 --> 00:21:59,903 That was my life. No one protected you. 266 00:21:59,987 --> 00:22:02,030 It was every kid for himself. 267 00:22:04,825 --> 00:22:08,453 When I went back home, I was transformed. 268 00:22:08,495 --> 00:22:10,468 I went back with a gun and a car, 269 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,348 and my mom couldn't talk to me, 270 00:22:12,392 --> 00:22:15,587 my siblings neither. No one could tell me what to do. 271 00:22:15,878 --> 00:22:18,950 There was a Goliath within me 272 00:22:19,007 --> 00:22:24,303 that just kept on telling me "Kill, kill, kill!" 273 00:22:28,598 --> 00:22:31,060 Well, I always wanted to be a doctor. 274 00:22:31,143 --> 00:22:35,230 Since I was a kid, my dad and my family always said: 275 00:22:35,272 --> 00:22:37,270 "He's going to be a doctor one day." 276 00:22:37,313 --> 00:22:40,003 They put that idea in my head and it just stuck. 277 00:22:40,047 --> 00:22:42,113 As a kid, that's all I wanted to be. 278 00:22:42,697 --> 00:22:44,904 You know lots of people feel proud 279 00:22:44,916 --> 00:22:47,452 when they have a relative who's a thug. 280 00:22:48,077 --> 00:22:52,957 At least when that thug has gained respect in a town, 281 00:22:53,248 --> 00:22:55,877 or an entire region. 282 00:22:55,918 --> 00:22:58,628 Many people proudly say: "I'm so-and-so's family" 283 00:22:58,712 --> 00:23:02,467 Nowadays, in this area, thugs are like rockstars. 284 00:23:02,508 --> 00:23:07,095 People admire them. They even revere them. 285 00:23:07,180 --> 00:23:09,319 And that's what kids want nowadays. 286 00:23:09,331 --> 00:23:11,183 The adrenaline, the thug life, 287 00:23:11,225 --> 00:23:13,102 to have a gun and kill. 288 00:23:13,185 --> 00:23:16,147 To feel what it's like to kill someone. 289 00:23:16,230 --> 00:23:18,858 To steal a motorbike... 290 00:23:18,942 --> 00:23:22,778 A piece of advice for those who haven't gotten into trouble yet: 291 00:23:22,862 --> 00:23:24,305 Think twice about it. 292 00:23:24,317 --> 00:23:26,073 Because once you enter, you cannot leave. 293 00:23:26,157 --> 00:23:30,243 Because the people you hurt will always resent you. 294 00:23:30,327 --> 00:23:33,163 We know that we are doing bad things, 295 00:23:33,288 --> 00:23:35,833 things that are seen badly before the eyes of God. 296 00:23:35,917 --> 00:23:42,130 But God has a purpose for all of us, we'd all be dead otherwise. 297 00:23:42,257 --> 00:23:44,175 God has protected us from all that. 298 00:23:44,258 --> 00:23:46,968 Because we've been shot at, and we should be dead, 299 00:23:47,052 --> 00:23:49,138 but miracles from above saved us. 300 00:23:49,180 --> 00:23:54,518 It's not witchcraft or anything, it's miracles from above. 301 00:23:54,685 --> 00:24:00,107 Have you ever felt remorse for the crimes you've committed? 302 00:24:00,315 --> 00:24:02,860 Not one bit. I don't feel anything. 303 00:24:02,902 --> 00:24:06,780 Like I said, what's done is done. What's the point now? 304 00:24:07,113 --> 00:24:10,075 What's done is done. Maybe one day I'll feel something. 305 00:24:10,158 --> 00:24:11,618 We're all insane. 306 00:24:14,580 --> 00:24:19,960 They never saw me stealing or shooting anyone. 307 00:24:20,002 --> 00:24:21,517 They never saw me commit any 308 00:24:21,529 --> 00:24:23,547 crimes. These are all like my kids. 309 00:24:23,588 --> 00:24:26,967 All of them are my children. I saw them born. 310 00:24:27,092 --> 00:24:30,847 So when I see them trapped in this world, it pains me. 311 00:24:31,180 --> 00:24:34,133 But I know they have plenty of opportunities 312 00:24:34,177 --> 00:24:36,268 to leave behind this world. 313 00:24:36,352 --> 00:24:40,014 This is affecting people everywhere, 314 00:24:40,026 --> 00:24:42,608 but more so in Venezuela. 315 00:24:42,650 --> 00:24:45,737 Our country is suffering because of this. 316 00:24:45,778 --> 00:24:48,072 Venezuela is sinking. 317 00:25:08,508 --> 00:25:10,052 Visitors coming up. 318 00:25:21,105 --> 00:25:22,898 How are you? 319 00:25:23,565 --> 00:25:25,275 - God bless you. - Sheep. 320 00:25:35,620 --> 00:25:38,288 Were you here when the guards had control? 321 00:25:38,372 --> 00:25:41,000 Yeah, they used to walk everywhere here. 322 00:25:41,042 --> 00:25:42,125 How was it? 323 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:44,128 Fuck, it sucked. It was bad. 324 00:25:44,253 --> 00:25:47,047 The government will never be on our side. 325 00:25:47,088 --> 00:25:49,133 We are always against them. 326 00:25:51,677 --> 00:25:55,682 We have to survive on our own here. 327 00:25:56,057 --> 00:26:01,103 Can you explain to me what "La Causa" is? 328 00:26:01,145 --> 00:26:04,773 "La Causa" is what we collect to help ourselves. 329 00:26:04,940 --> 00:26:06,923 With it we buy personal supplies, 330 00:26:06,935 --> 00:26:08,402 anything that is needed, 331 00:26:08,443 --> 00:26:11,280 trash bags, food, whatever... 332 00:26:11,322 --> 00:26:13,490 Do you use "La Causa" to buy weapons? 333 00:26:13,698 --> 00:26:15,033 Weapons...? 334 00:26:15,492 --> 00:26:17,826 Let me put it this way, if we charge 335 00:26:17,838 --> 00:26:20,247 $5 for "La Causa" everyone pays that. 336 00:26:20,372 --> 00:26:22,996 That's how we buy everything here. 337 00:26:23,008 --> 00:26:25,418 Everything you see, everything. 338 00:26:25,543 --> 00:26:27,680 Sports equipment, parties for the 339 00:26:27,692 --> 00:26:29,715 children, gifts for our family, 340 00:26:29,757 --> 00:26:32,217 - Everything. - Weapons too? 341 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:34,345 - Everything. - So, it's like a tax system? 342 00:26:34,387 --> 00:26:36,763 Exactly, but just among us. 343 00:26:36,847 --> 00:26:40,225 Some say we are making millions from this, but that's not true. 344 00:26:40,267 --> 00:26:42,185 We use it to help each other out. 345 00:26:42,227 --> 00:26:45,105 If the government won't help us, we'll help ourselves. 346 00:27:04,750 --> 00:27:06,960 He's the guy who's filming everything. 347 00:27:07,002 --> 00:27:09,755 - Oh, ok! - What are you doing here? 348 00:27:09,797 --> 00:27:12,550 - We're filling up the piñatas. - Filling up the piñatas 349 00:27:12,633 --> 00:27:14,802 to celebrate Children's Day. 350 00:27:14,843 --> 00:27:19,057 - How many people are coming? - Around 9,000. 351 00:27:19,432 --> 00:27:22,435 We are raffling off motorbikes and home appliances. 352 00:27:23,435 --> 00:27:26,730 They do this by collecting money little by little. 353 00:27:27,523 --> 00:27:29,442 With what is known as "La Causa." 354 00:27:51,297 --> 00:27:53,215 Visitors in the prison! 355 00:28:57,738 --> 00:29:00,992 What's the number? Go grab a number there champ! 356 00:29:06,288 --> 00:29:08,915 - Give it to her. - Let's continue! 357 00:29:09,875 --> 00:29:16,632 Attention: the number is 01729. 358 00:29:17,048 --> 00:29:21,637 Where's our winner? Come on, give her a round of applause! 359 00:29:21,678 --> 00:29:23,805 Clap it up! Clap it up! 360 00:29:23,888 --> 00:29:29,102 She won that television! What a prize! 361 00:29:29,853 --> 00:29:31,177 Who's baby is this? 362 00:29:31,220 --> 00:29:34,733 Come pick your baby up here on the stage, please! 363 00:29:36,568 --> 00:29:40,155 Come to the stage to pick your baby up! 364 00:29:42,073 --> 00:29:46,662 Now, let's see... Five pregnant women please! 365 00:30:49,475 --> 00:30:53,020 Reggaeton! Reggaeton! Reggaeton! 366 00:31:34,603 --> 00:31:38,357 How'd you get high? Why didn't you share? 367 00:31:52,578 --> 00:31:55,373 My daughter asked me once, "why are you in prison?" 368 00:31:57,417 --> 00:32:00,753 I was paralyzed, unable to say anything. 369 00:32:00,797 --> 00:32:04,132 In the end, you always lie to them bro. 370 00:32:04,173 --> 00:32:07,052 You tell them you are away for work, or something. 371 00:32:07,093 --> 00:32:09,401 But eventually they figure it out. 372 00:32:09,413 --> 00:32:11,932 And once they do, their mind changes. 373 00:32:12,767 --> 00:32:15,477 They begin to understand what an inmate is. 374 00:32:15,518 --> 00:32:20,190 And what is an inmate? A social misfit, a criminal, a crook. 375 00:32:20,398 --> 00:32:22,442 That's what she'll hear out there. 376 00:32:22,525 --> 00:32:24,653 And what do you think that does to her? 377 00:32:24,695 --> 00:32:27,363 Fuck man, psychologically, it harms her. 378 00:32:28,782 --> 00:32:32,118 It's something that scars her. When kids are that age... 379 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,372 they're like sponges, they absorb everything. 380 00:32:35,497 --> 00:32:37,354 This is something that has scarred 381 00:32:37,366 --> 00:32:39,502 her, probably for the rest of her life. 382 00:32:40,168 --> 00:32:41,712 Probably. 383 00:33:23,420 --> 00:33:25,963 What's up my peeps? Is it recording? 384 00:33:26,005 --> 00:33:27,048 - Yes. - Yes? 385 00:33:27,090 --> 00:33:28,441 Ok, film us, over here. 386 00:33:28,453 --> 00:33:30,635 This is chapter one of Free Convict. 387 00:33:30,677 --> 00:33:33,680 The Penitentiary General of Venezuela Free Convict. 388 00:33:34,013 --> 00:33:36,460 We have some homies who sing salsa, 389 00:33:36,472 --> 00:33:38,727 like this guy here in 3, 2, 1... 390 00:33:38,852 --> 00:33:40,145 Yo, yo, yo! 391 00:33:40,187 --> 00:33:43,148 - The ugly, the beastly one. - It's the movie, papi. 392 00:33:43,190 --> 00:33:45,483 We're making a reality show. 393 00:33:45,733 --> 00:33:49,237 That's my shelf, and that's my TV. 394 00:33:50,572 --> 00:33:53,033 And this homie films me every now and then. 395 00:33:53,158 --> 00:33:55,052 Tell us bro, what do you think? 396 00:33:55,064 --> 00:33:57,078 Is this your first time meeting Andrés? 397 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:58,955 That's right, first time. 398 00:34:00,332 --> 00:34:02,490 So tell us, what are your thoughts 399 00:34:02,502 --> 00:34:04,795 on Free Convict? What is it for you? 400 00:34:05,170 --> 00:34:07,840 Well, to me, Free Convict is a bunch of thugs. 401 00:34:09,173 --> 00:34:11,773 - Maniacs. - Maniacs, murderers, 402 00:34:11,815 --> 00:34:14,805 thieves, kidnappers and so on... 403 00:34:15,805 --> 00:34:17,850 who are trying to change their lives, 404 00:34:18,683 --> 00:34:21,228 and do what they like to do. 405 00:34:21,270 --> 00:34:24,408 The culture, hip-hop and its four elements. 406 00:34:26,540 --> 00:34:29,458 I'mma print it first, to see if it's fresh. 407 00:34:29,487 --> 00:34:30,903 Show me. 408 00:34:34,575 --> 00:34:37,327 I want this to be the logo on our shirts. 409 00:34:37,870 --> 00:34:39,997 Does it look good like this? 410 00:34:40,455 --> 00:34:41,498 Let me see. 411 00:34:41,540 --> 00:34:44,585 You know me! This is Free Convict. 412 00:34:44,668 --> 00:34:46,847 This is coming soon. In the near 413 00:34:46,859 --> 00:34:49,255 future Free Convict in the house. 414 00:34:50,048 --> 00:34:53,045 Whenever I have time, I grab my notebook 415 00:34:53,088 --> 00:34:55,178 and vent my feelings into it. 416 00:34:55,637 --> 00:34:57,815 Because I've realized 417 00:34:58,598 --> 00:35:01,435 that all prisoners do is waste time. 418 00:35:01,643 --> 00:35:03,785 And I no longer want to waste time, 419 00:35:03,828 --> 00:35:06,523 knowing that I have a gift that God gave me. 420 00:35:07,023 --> 00:35:09,067 Come see this, come, come. 421 00:35:10,485 --> 00:35:11,778 Come. 422 00:35:14,782 --> 00:35:18,327 Free convict baby! This can only be seen here. 423 00:35:18,452 --> 00:35:21,497 Even though they think it's all about money, 424 00:35:21,538 --> 00:35:24,207 they still gotta respect us. ‘Cause we're from the streets. 425 00:35:24,248 --> 00:35:27,210 Even though we're here in prison 426 00:35:27,252 --> 00:35:30,922 we know we're the good guys. We're the the honest guys. 427 00:35:31,047 --> 00:35:35,552 Life is tough, there's only one. It teaches us in the end. 428 00:35:35,593 --> 00:35:37,793 But don't risk it. Or it's not gonna last 429 00:35:37,845 --> 00:35:40,890 Take care of yourself. So you can live to be an old man 430 00:35:40,932 --> 00:35:43,060 There's only one life. 431 00:35:43,102 --> 00:35:45,562 And you gotta survive. To tell your story. 432 00:35:45,603 --> 00:35:47,803 Time goes on and causes wounds. 433 00:35:47,847 --> 00:35:50,858 I would love for this life to be eternal 434 00:35:53,862 --> 00:35:55,572 Shoot it, shoot it! 435 00:36:02,279 --> 00:36:03,989 This is my world 436 00:36:04,038 --> 00:36:05,290 This is it. This is it. 437 00:36:05,457 --> 00:36:08,335 Where you get shot. And life isn't worth a thing. 438 00:36:08,418 --> 00:36:09,753 This is my world. 439 00:36:09,802 --> 00:36:11,262 This is it. 440 00:36:11,297 --> 00:36:14,298 Daily I see my brother's blood shed. 441 00:36:14,340 --> 00:36:15,513 This is my world. 442 00:36:15,555 --> 00:36:16,968 This is it. This is it. 443 00:36:17,010 --> 00:36:19,847 Where you get shot. And life isn't worth a thing. 444 00:36:19,888 --> 00:36:21,348 This is my world. 445 00:36:21,390 --> 00:36:22,848 This is it. This is it. 446 00:36:22,890 --> 00:36:25,727 Daily I see my brother's blood shed. 447 00:36:25,768 --> 00:36:27,062 This is my world. 448 00:36:27,103 --> 00:36:30,982 Yesterday's problems are here today. Time has the final say. 449 00:36:31,023 --> 00:36:33,735 Another woman crying. Another family member dying. 450 00:36:33,860 --> 00:36:38,615 The devil walks among us. Over cracks in the pavement. 451 00:36:38,657 --> 00:36:41,827 Pulling triggers has become our entertainment. 452 00:36:41,868 --> 00:36:44,495 Where many have died on just their first try. 453 00:36:44,537 --> 00:36:47,415 The remaining step across minefields. 454 00:36:47,457 --> 00:36:50,168 Where you're dead if you don't know how to walk. 455 00:36:50,210 --> 00:36:52,195 Where no one believes you when you talk. 456 00:36:52,238 --> 00:36:53,915 Everyone looks out for themselves. 457 00:36:53,927 --> 00:36:55,715 And fights for what they lack there. 458 00:36:55,798 --> 00:36:59,052 Searching for a chance to leave and walk free. 459 00:36:59,093 --> 00:37:01,095 This is my world. This is my harsh reality. 460 00:37:01,137 --> 00:37:03,765 You've got to accept that this world's gone wrong 461 00:37:03,807 --> 00:37:07,060 And reconsider to keep moving on. 462 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,647 Keep moving on. 463 00:37:13,150 --> 00:37:15,860 We're doing pretty well now. I mean, fuck... 464 00:37:15,902 --> 00:37:19,072 This prison ain't half bad, we're doing well right now. 465 00:37:19,238 --> 00:37:21,067 We have some sort of freedom, even 466 00:37:21,079 --> 00:37:23,077 if we've got tension with the guards. 467 00:37:23,660 --> 00:37:27,122 If you're doing so well then why do you need guns? 468 00:37:27,247 --> 00:37:32,752 Fuck man, we need our guns to keep everything under control. 469 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,047 We can't defend ourselves unless we have our guns. 470 00:37:36,757 --> 00:37:38,622 Do you have enough guns to keep the 471 00:37:38,634 --> 00:37:40,510 guards from taking over the prison? 472 00:37:41,135 --> 00:37:43,430 We have enough to defend ourselves, yes. 473 00:37:44,807 --> 00:37:49,393 Last time, shit got real against the National Guard. 474 00:37:49,435 --> 00:37:50,520 Why? 475 00:37:50,770 --> 00:37:53,357 They just started shooting at us. 476 00:37:53,607 --> 00:37:58,028 We couldn't accept that. They shot a brother in the leg. 477 00:37:58,070 --> 00:38:01,090 How long were we going to keep putting up with that shit? 478 00:38:01,155 --> 00:38:03,950 No way, we weren't having it. We'd had enough! 479 00:38:03,992 --> 00:38:06,412 They have to respect our space, or else... 480 00:38:06,495 --> 00:38:08,464 If we ran down here, the guards would 481 00:38:08,476 --> 00:38:10,457 open fire to keep us from descending. 482 00:38:10,623 --> 00:38:15,045 Look at what they did. Those are bullets holes there. See? 483 00:38:15,878 --> 00:38:17,654 A baptized man was praising God 484 00:38:17,666 --> 00:38:19,800 and he was shot right in the chest. 485 00:38:19,925 --> 00:38:22,218 His last words were "Pastor, they got me." 486 00:38:22,260 --> 00:38:25,222 He was killed by a guard. 487 00:38:25,604 --> 00:38:29,149 The bullets are still in there. 488 00:38:31,728 --> 00:38:34,605 All those are gunshots. They shot at us from every side. 489 00:38:34,647 --> 00:38:36,900 They shot us from the watchtower. 490 00:38:44,867 --> 00:38:48,495 Look... Look at that. 491 00:38:48,912 --> 00:38:50,830 Also that room over there. 492 00:38:51,330 --> 00:38:53,708 That's pretty bad, too. 493 00:38:58,963 --> 00:39:00,018 Shoot! 494 00:39:04,177 --> 00:39:07,513 - Shoot! - Shoot, cocksucker! 495 00:39:16,482 --> 00:39:17,898 Move! Come on! 496 00:39:18,150 --> 00:39:20,735 - Come on! - Major! 497 00:39:22,695 --> 00:39:25,907 - Get on this side. - Major, I dropped a magazine! 498 00:39:27,325 --> 00:39:28,952 Go get it then! 499 00:39:29,787 --> 00:39:31,538 It's not here, go get it! 500 00:39:34,332 --> 00:39:36,877 I'm gonna stop a bit, to rest. 501 00:39:41,297 --> 00:39:44,927 I saw dead inmates every day, constantly. 502 00:39:44,968 --> 00:39:47,801 So, when blood wasn't being spilled it felt more dangerous. 503 00:39:47,826 --> 00:39:48,898 Why? 504 00:39:48,927 --> 00:39:51,115 ‘Cause something big was coming. 505 00:39:51,140 --> 00:39:52,975 It was better to have a dead man. 506 00:39:53,017 --> 00:39:56,532 I had already been in prison for some time 507 00:39:56,575 --> 00:40:02,027 and sometimes I would just sit on my bed and cry my heart out. 508 00:40:02,068 --> 00:40:06,030 I'd wonder how my family was doing. 509 00:40:06,072 --> 00:40:07,825 Was I ever going to see them again? 510 00:40:07,837 --> 00:40:09,700 Was I ever going to leave this place? 511 00:40:09,783 --> 00:40:12,671 Because all those I saw leaving the 512 00:40:12,683 --> 00:40:15,582 prison were dead, dead, dead, dead. 513 00:40:15,623 --> 00:40:19,085 And I thought, "Someday I'll also leave as a corpse." 514 00:40:41,398 --> 00:40:44,777 Fruit juice! Fresh fruit juice! 515 00:40:46,153 --> 00:40:48,990 I don't sell juice because I like to. 516 00:40:49,532 --> 00:40:52,202 But it's the only way I know how to make some money 517 00:40:52,243 --> 00:40:53,620 without hurting anyone. 518 00:40:53,828 --> 00:40:57,107 Because if I let myself think only about making money, 519 00:40:57,150 --> 00:40:59,326 I'd go back to stealing, murdering, 520 00:40:59,338 --> 00:41:01,587 because that's what I learned to do. 521 00:41:08,635 --> 00:41:10,597 People say that everyone who is baptized 522 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:13,097 as a Christian in prison is doing it temporarily, 523 00:41:13,180 --> 00:41:15,935 because they are under pressure or scared, 524 00:41:15,977 --> 00:41:17,893 but not because of conviction. 525 00:41:18,018 --> 00:41:21,185 It was hard for me when I returned to my slum, 526 00:41:21,228 --> 00:41:24,688 where I grew up, even though I became a Christian, 527 00:41:24,732 --> 00:41:26,887 people wouldn't see me as such. 528 00:41:26,945 --> 00:41:30,698 Because they knew me as a criminal since I was a kid. 529 00:41:30,740 --> 00:41:32,624 When they heard I was a Christian, 530 00:41:32,636 --> 00:41:34,153 they said it wouldn't last, 531 00:41:34,197 --> 00:41:36,057 because there are many Christians 532 00:41:36,069 --> 00:41:37,830 who've had that bad reputation. 533 00:41:38,290 --> 00:41:40,833 I converted because I was tired of drugs. 534 00:41:40,958 --> 00:41:42,835 I no longer saw myself living in that world. 535 00:41:43,002 --> 00:41:44,712 Not because I was scared of being killed. 536 00:41:44,795 --> 00:41:46,853 I was under pressure, but that didn't cause me 537 00:41:46,897 --> 00:41:48,592 to convert to the word of the gospel. 538 00:41:48,842 --> 00:41:52,303 All who believe God will grant them freedom, raise your hands! 539 00:41:53,178 --> 00:41:56,515 It's through His Will that all chains are broken. 540 00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,810 Nothing is impossible for God. In His Name! 541 00:41:59,852 --> 00:42:05,817 Glory, glory, glory, glory, glory, glory, glory be to God. 542 00:42:09,487 --> 00:42:15,452 I feel like a fish in water when I visit prisons. 543 00:42:15,910 --> 00:42:17,415 I feel inspired. It's as if I 544 00:42:17,427 --> 00:42:19,257 can breathe again when I'm there, 545 00:42:19,300 --> 00:42:20,861 because I see what God has done 546 00:42:20,873 --> 00:42:22,750 with me. God's favor in freeing me. 547 00:42:22,792 --> 00:42:25,960 When I see the situations that prisoners have to live through 548 00:42:26,003 --> 00:42:28,045 I look up at heaven and say, "Thank you 549 00:42:28,057 --> 00:42:30,008 Lord for freeing me from this place." 550 00:42:36,973 --> 00:42:40,685 "From the days of John the Baptist until now, 551 00:42:40,727 --> 00:42:44,272 the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, 552 00:42:44,355 --> 00:42:48,652 and violent people have been raiding it." 553 00:42:48,693 --> 00:42:52,252 That means this is only for those who 554 00:42:52,264 --> 00:42:55,742 are brave, those who really want it. 555 00:42:55,867 --> 00:42:59,703 Amen. If you're going to clap do so with vigor, 556 00:42:59,747 --> 00:43:03,667 don't half clap, because God doesn't half bless! 557 00:43:07,253 --> 00:43:12,550 Today, I ask that you take me with you, 558 00:43:14,093 --> 00:43:19,473 Today, I ask that you take me with you, 559 00:43:20,975 --> 00:43:24,437 Because today I want to change. 560 00:43:24,478 --> 00:43:27,233 My hardened heart. 561 00:43:27,982 --> 00:43:32,820 With a drop of your blood over me. 562 00:43:33,563 --> 00:43:37,858 These men are taking a brave step this morning. 563 00:43:38,075 --> 00:43:41,955 Because humanity believes 564 00:43:41,997 --> 00:43:46,542 that we, former drug addicts, have no cure. 565 00:43:46,583 --> 00:43:49,011 And let me tell you, this fine morning, 566 00:43:49,023 --> 00:43:51,463 that our cure is in Christ, Hallelujah! 567 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,675 Our cure is in Christ, Hallelujah! 568 00:43:55,008 --> 00:44:01,307 You and me, all of us, let us give our heart to Christ! 569 00:44:02,433 --> 00:44:05,478 I'm going to tell you a small testimony of my past life. 570 00:44:06,062 --> 00:44:08,482 I was living in disobedience and sin. 571 00:44:08,523 --> 00:44:10,899 It was one of the causes that brought 572 00:44:10,911 --> 00:44:13,110 me to this place, to “The Church," 573 00:44:13,152 --> 00:44:16,572 where I heard the word of God and accepted Christ 574 00:44:16,613 --> 00:44:19,825 as the true and only savior of my life and my soul. 575 00:44:19,950 --> 00:44:21,618 Why are you here today? 576 00:44:21,787 --> 00:44:24,747 To be baptized and to receive divine justice. 577 00:44:25,038 --> 00:44:28,425 As a minister of Jesus Christ, I baptize you 578 00:44:28,467 --> 00:44:31,838 in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 579 00:44:31,922 --> 00:44:33,005 Amen! 580 00:45:10,502 --> 00:45:12,337 Get in on the back. 581 00:45:12,378 --> 00:45:14,213 Say bye to daddy! Say bye! 582 00:45:14,838 --> 00:45:16,298 Say bye to daddy! 583 00:45:17,675 --> 00:45:18,843 Dad! 584 00:45:22,638 --> 00:45:30,020 I devote myself to fishing and to my kids nowadays. 585 00:45:31,522 --> 00:45:33,900 I was living in a different world back then. 586 00:45:33,942 --> 00:45:37,487 Kids get down from there! Get over here! 587 00:45:38,905 --> 00:45:41,908 You know, I never really had a family, Andrés. 588 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:45,155 I had to figure life out on my own. 589 00:45:45,787 --> 00:45:48,832 I learned nothing while I was in prison. 590 00:45:48,915 --> 00:45:51,375 It wasn't until I was out that I began to learn. 591 00:45:55,003 --> 00:45:59,008 Did The Pran exist when you were in prison? 592 00:45:59,092 --> 00:46:01,677 Of course we had a Pran. 593 00:46:01,718 --> 00:46:05,265 - And what position where you? - I was the Pran, the boss. 594 00:46:05,473 --> 00:46:09,060 "Boss, this man did such and such." Kill him. 595 00:46:09,352 --> 00:46:12,480 Those were my orders. They had to comply or they'd die too. 596 00:46:12,938 --> 00:46:15,525 I was the leader in there. The leader 597 00:46:15,537 --> 00:46:18,068 of that prison. It's called the PGV. 598 00:46:18,110 --> 00:46:20,045 Penitentiary General of Venezuela. 599 00:46:20,057 --> 00:46:22,282 It's the largest prison in the country. 600 00:46:22,365 --> 00:46:24,908 And the one with the most weapons. 601 00:46:25,075 --> 00:46:28,872 Where else have you seen inmates with assault rifles? 602 00:46:29,538 --> 00:46:32,208 With grenades? Where? 603 00:46:35,628 --> 00:46:39,007 We might witness a horrible tragedy there. 604 00:46:39,048 --> 00:46:44,470 Many government officials will die, many inmates will die. 605 00:46:51,810 --> 00:46:54,897 Whenever I look back on that, all I want to do is cry. 606 00:46:54,980 --> 00:46:58,108 The things I did... 607 00:46:58,358 --> 00:47:00,278 Nothing can ever make me go back. 608 00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:03,657 I changed my way, and I'll die on this path. 609 00:47:03,698 --> 00:47:06,005 I am different now. I have my kids, my family. 610 00:47:06,048 --> 00:47:08,912 I'm staying in this world, because it's the one I like. 611 00:48:42,338 --> 00:48:44,465 - Wait. - I’ll wait for you here. 612 00:48:53,933 --> 00:48:56,227 Testing, 1, 2, 3... 613 00:48:57,020 --> 00:48:59,375 People tend to see the product, not the process. 614 00:48:59,418 --> 00:49:01,898 You buy a can of sardines, but you don't see the fisherman. 615 00:49:01,940 --> 00:49:05,193 The process is seldom seen. 616 00:49:05,653 --> 00:49:08,718 I always knew I wasn't going to last selling fruit juice, 617 00:49:08,762 --> 00:49:11,283 or working in a factory from Monday to Friday. 618 00:49:11,325 --> 00:49:15,372 That's what drove me to have the political job I love nowadays, 619 00:49:15,413 --> 00:49:17,332 to become a congressman. 620 00:49:18,540 --> 00:49:21,293 Step forth, Congressman Gilber Caro. 621 00:49:28,258 --> 00:49:31,220 Venezuela, make some noise! 622 00:49:31,303 --> 00:49:33,388 I want to tell you, brothers, 623 00:49:34,437 --> 00:49:38,812 that being here is very important to me. 624 00:49:39,103 --> 00:49:40,563 There's my mom. 625 00:49:40,605 --> 00:49:42,353 Mother, never again will you sit 626 00:49:42,365 --> 00:49:44,400 on a bucket, visiting me in prison. 627 00:49:44,442 --> 00:49:48,237 You now have a seat with my name on it in the National Assembly! 628 00:49:48,278 --> 00:49:51,113 Mother, we will change this country. 629 00:49:51,157 --> 00:49:53,910 I am the proof that it's possible! 630 00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:57,830 I always fled through here. 631 00:49:57,872 --> 00:50:02,543 When the cops came, I'd jump up, and rush to the backstreets. 632 00:50:03,127 --> 00:50:05,446 One time, I tried standing on this 633 00:50:05,458 --> 00:50:07,923 washer here. I was trying to escape. 634 00:50:07,965 --> 00:50:12,137 When suddenly I slipped and fell into a water tank here. 635 00:50:12,178 --> 00:50:14,097 And all my drugs spilled out. 636 00:50:17,517 --> 00:50:21,937 When you've lived through something and know it up close, 637 00:50:21,978 --> 00:50:24,607 you can talk about it with more authority. 638 00:50:24,898 --> 00:50:27,693 All human beings have both good and evil within. 639 00:50:27,735 --> 00:50:33,198 Sometimes that evil might come out, even if only briefly. 640 00:50:33,240 --> 00:50:36,323 We all have evils, I know I do, 641 00:50:36,335 --> 00:50:39,830 whoever says they don't is lying. 642 00:50:40,288 --> 00:50:44,377 But nowadays evil doesn't flourish, because I suppress it, 643 00:50:44,418 --> 00:50:48,965 by doing good deeds, positive thoughts, my projects. 644 00:50:57,140 --> 00:51:01,102 I was the leader of this prison. 645 00:51:01,185 --> 00:51:06,898 I led gangs, I distributed drugs and guns. 646 00:51:06,940 --> 00:51:08,902 I harmed young men. 647 00:51:08,985 --> 00:51:12,155 I taught them how to defend themselves through violence. 648 00:51:12,238 --> 00:51:15,323 But The Lord spoke to me, 649 00:51:15,365 --> 00:51:17,539 He told me His Word seeps through 650 00:51:17,551 --> 00:51:19,287 until it shatters the soul. 651 00:51:19,370 --> 00:51:25,417 And His message seeped through and shattered my soul. 652 00:51:25,502 --> 00:51:29,297 And then said, "Servant, I hereby make you free." 653 00:51:29,325 --> 00:51:31,814 So today, I am here to attest freedom 654 00:51:31,839 --> 00:51:34,010 through Christ. Glory be to God! 655 00:51:42,352 --> 00:51:45,912 Our prisons are simply 656 00:51:47,648 --> 00:51:50,652 a reflection of our society. 657 00:51:51,693 --> 00:51:56,740 In our society a bullet is cheaper than a notebook. 658 00:51:56,990 --> 00:52:01,703 A bullet costs $0.5, a lollipop costs $1. 659 00:52:01,745 --> 00:52:04,748 Candy is more expensive than a bullet. 660 00:52:04,873 --> 00:52:09,628 If weapons trafficking is rampant in the streets, 661 00:52:09,878 --> 00:52:11,922 the prisons will mirror that. 662 00:52:30,983 --> 00:52:33,475 Do that shit again and you will regret 663 00:52:33,487 --> 00:52:35,863 it! You better find a place to hide. 664 00:52:36,030 --> 00:52:41,368 When you're out, you better hide! Do you hear me boy? 665 00:53:38,550 --> 00:53:41,428 This area here feels like being in nature. 666 00:53:41,803 --> 00:53:46,850 It's where the animals come. 667 00:53:47,142 --> 00:53:52,022 It's almost as if we aren't in prison here. 668 00:53:52,063 --> 00:53:56,752 When I wake up in the morning I don't think "I'm in prison," 669 00:53:56,795 --> 00:53:59,363 because of the calm environment. 670 00:53:59,447 --> 00:54:01,907 So you choose to sleep far away from everything? 671 00:54:01,990 --> 00:54:05,912 Yes, that's it. Everything is quiet here. Just the birds. 672 00:54:06,037 --> 00:54:08,080 How do you wake up in the morning? 673 00:54:08,122 --> 00:54:10,410 With the songs of the birds, those 674 00:54:10,422 --> 00:54:12,460 guys there, they are swallows. 675 00:54:12,585 --> 00:54:15,917 Those holes you see over there, 676 00:54:15,929 --> 00:54:19,175 I make them with a piece of metal. 677 00:54:19,258 --> 00:54:24,055 I make those holes, so they can build their nests there. See? 678 00:54:31,562 --> 00:54:34,898 I was picking up cans on the side of the road, 679 00:54:35,023 --> 00:54:37,192 and came across a reggae cassette, 680 00:54:37,233 --> 00:54:39,400 I'd never heard that stuff before. 681 00:54:39,412 --> 00:54:41,155 All I knew was local music. 682 00:54:41,197 --> 00:54:45,658 This is the best smell here! 683 00:54:46,827 --> 00:54:48,995 This plant was created by God. 684 00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:52,875 I'm going to tell you something. See? It's a seed. 685 00:54:52,917 --> 00:54:54,813 I'm gonna tell you something, 686 00:54:54,825 --> 00:54:57,588 truthfully, I didn't plant any of these. 687 00:54:59,257 --> 00:55:02,677 They just sprouted there! Well, last year I planted some. 688 00:55:03,885 --> 00:55:08,307 But this year the seeds just fell... 689 00:55:08,348 --> 00:55:11,100 and with God's blessing from heaven, 690 00:55:11,112 --> 00:55:13,353 look, they simply popped out! 691 00:55:14,438 --> 00:55:16,891 So, if this is from God, and God put 692 00:55:16,903 --> 00:55:19,568 it on this earth, why is it so illegal? 693 00:55:19,735 --> 00:55:22,655 This is a female because... 694 00:55:25,073 --> 00:55:27,033 of these little hairs. 695 00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:33,232 You gotta nurture your mind, fill it with knowledge, 696 00:55:33,275 --> 00:55:37,182 so that when God calls on judgement day and asks, 697 00:55:37,225 --> 00:55:40,088 "What did I send you to earth for?" 698 00:55:40,380 --> 00:55:43,717 You'll have a better answer than stealing cars, murdering 699 00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:46,887 and doing crazy shit. 700 00:55:46,970 --> 00:55:51,517 In here I've realized that's not the path He set. 701 00:55:51,683 --> 00:55:55,712 Sometimes I think, in all my craziness, 702 00:55:56,480 --> 00:56:01,027 that God brought me here to learn more about this. 703 00:56:01,110 --> 00:56:02,741 About planting, because before 704 00:56:02,753 --> 00:56:04,780 prison I only planted a little bit. 705 00:56:04,863 --> 00:56:07,742 I'd throw a seed on the ground and it grew. 706 00:56:07,825 --> 00:56:12,622 This is my truth, I'm a Rasta, 707 00:56:13,288 --> 00:56:18,543 I love my culture. Look how my plants grow. 708 00:56:18,835 --> 00:56:22,422 I now know my hands were made for this, not for anything else. 709 00:56:37,062 --> 00:56:39,398 What made you enter that world? 710 00:56:43,068 --> 00:56:46,030 What else was I gonna do? 711 00:56:46,238 --> 00:56:47,698 What would you do? 712 00:56:47,740 --> 00:56:50,283 I'd steal from people in the city. 713 00:56:51,243 --> 00:56:52,243 Why? 714 00:56:52,285 --> 00:56:55,638 Because I started working when I was a kid, 715 00:56:55,682 --> 00:56:57,958 and I fell in love with money. 716 00:56:58,083 --> 00:57:00,245 And it was a fast way to get money. 717 00:57:00,287 --> 00:57:03,255 I draw my conclusions and think that was why... 718 00:57:03,338 --> 00:57:07,085 This is your second time in prison, 719 00:57:07,133 --> 00:57:11,222 why did you continue committing crime? 720 00:57:11,347 --> 00:57:12,890 What else am I gonna do? 721 00:57:14,140 --> 00:57:17,143 I'm not gonna do cheap labor, I'm not a doctor. 722 00:57:17,728 --> 00:57:19,605 This is what I know how to do well. 723 00:57:20,063 --> 00:57:21,655 What if you get your freedom 724 00:57:21,667 --> 00:57:23,900 tomorrow? Would you go back to crime? 725 00:57:24,402 --> 00:57:25,818 What else am I gonna do? 726 00:57:26,903 --> 00:57:29,030 You are free, you would go back to kidnapping? 727 00:57:31,658 --> 00:57:33,285 What else am I gonna do? 728 00:57:34,662 --> 00:57:40,458 I mean, I'mma do things different this time, 729 00:57:40,500 --> 00:57:42,878 not as crazy, but I ain't gonna lie... 730 00:57:42,920 --> 00:57:45,220 What do you want me to say? I'm 731 00:57:45,232 --> 00:57:47,842 not gonna change... that's a lie. 732 00:57:47,940 --> 00:57:53,403 You know, people here, and I have seen this personally, 733 00:57:53,763 --> 00:57:56,892 they say, "When I get out I'll do ‘this'..." 734 00:57:56,933 --> 00:58:00,520 But very few people do what they say they will once they are out. 735 00:58:00,645 --> 00:58:02,857 Very few. 736 00:58:03,148 --> 00:58:05,483 You have to be outside and see. 737 00:58:08,945 --> 00:58:11,240 Maximum speed! 738 00:58:12,282 --> 00:58:16,412 You ain't gonna catch me, even if you put it in slow motion. 739 00:58:26,713 --> 00:58:30,133 Time has passed, almost four years here in prison. 740 00:58:30,217 --> 00:58:33,845 I've pleaded with God to keep me calm here. 741 00:58:33,887 --> 00:58:36,144 When I get out, I'm gonna change, 742 00:58:36,156 --> 00:58:38,225 I don't want to be here again. 743 00:58:38,308 --> 00:58:39,893 I have three kids now 744 00:58:39,935 --> 00:58:42,187 Were they born while you've been in prison? 745 00:58:42,228 --> 00:58:44,315 - Two of them. - How did you feel? 746 00:58:44,357 --> 00:58:46,564 Fuck... it's tough man. Not being 747 00:58:46,576 --> 00:58:48,860 with your kids when they are born. 748 00:58:48,985 --> 00:58:51,572 Not giving them your last name. 749 00:58:51,697 --> 00:58:56,368 Not being able to see them or hug them when they are born. 750 00:58:56,785 --> 00:58:58,650 What advice will you give your kids 751 00:58:58,662 --> 00:59:00,538 so they don't fall into this world? 752 00:59:00,580 --> 00:59:03,042 I will give them everything I can. 753 00:59:03,085 --> 00:59:06,420 Pay for their studies, so they avoid trouble. 754 00:59:06,503 --> 00:59:09,798 Talk to them with sincerity and clarity. 755 00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:12,095 So they never get to where we are. 756 00:59:12,138 --> 00:59:15,595 Because I don't want to see them in prison or dead. 757 00:59:27,023 --> 00:59:31,737 This occupies our time productively. 758 00:59:33,155 --> 00:59:38,410 But more importantly, it calms us. It gives us space... 759 00:59:39,328 --> 00:59:42,133 I imagine I'm free, here in the 760 00:59:42,145 --> 00:59:45,417 mountains, with my kid by my side, 761 00:59:45,500 --> 00:59:48,462 painting our little house, this is where I am. 762 00:59:49,170 --> 00:59:51,173 When I am focused. 763 00:59:52,257 --> 00:59:56,095 But when I wake up, well, it's really sad... 764 00:59:56,220 --> 00:59:59,305 But it still helps us, all of us. 765 00:59:59,348 --> 01:00:03,688 I thank God that I don't have any behavioral problems, 766 01:00:03,732 --> 01:00:08,033 but I have friends here who've had a very harsh life, 767 01:00:08,077 --> 01:00:11,902 a very sad life. They were born into horrible circumstances. 768 01:00:13,737 --> 01:00:16,865 So when you hear their stories you feel affection towards them. 769 01:00:25,707 --> 01:00:27,906 In our music group, we've tried to 770 01:00:27,918 --> 01:00:30,128 contribute with our grain of sand, 771 01:00:30,212 --> 01:00:33,507 perhaps only ten people will hear our music, 772 01:00:33,632 --> 01:00:36,468 but at least those ten will open their eyes 773 01:00:36,552 --> 01:00:41,390 to what we are trying to show: this awful fucked up reality, 774 01:00:41,515 --> 01:00:45,393 it's not just affecting the country but the people in it. 775 01:00:47,270 --> 01:00:49,813 I mainly blame the system, the disaster 776 01:00:49,825 --> 01:00:51,933 that Venezuela is going through. 777 01:00:51,977 --> 01:00:55,987 That's what I sing about, I'm tired of this fucked up system. 778 01:00:56,072 --> 01:01:00,367 Of course, not 100% of the fault lies in the system, 779 01:01:00,408 --> 01:01:06,915 I'm no saint, but I'm not a really bad guy either. 780 01:01:06,998 --> 01:01:09,688 People might think that because I'm 781 01:01:09,700 --> 01:01:12,628 in the PGV I must be terrible, not so. 782 01:01:12,838 --> 01:01:15,254 Thank God I will leave this place 783 01:01:15,266 --> 01:01:17,837 without problems with any criminals 784 01:01:17,880 --> 01:01:20,627 that might wanna kill me in the streets, 785 01:01:20,670 --> 01:01:22,828 I know I will walk freely with a 786 01:01:22,840 --> 01:01:25,350 steady step and a clear conscience. 787 01:01:40,198 --> 01:01:41,408 So, tell me. 788 01:01:41,450 --> 01:01:45,745 Well, this little thing right here, this is my kid. 789 01:01:50,208 --> 01:01:52,920 He is only about 790 01:01:55,088 --> 01:01:57,632 five weeks in the making in this picture. 791 01:01:58,508 --> 01:02:00,635 He's due in October. 792 01:02:01,220 --> 01:02:03,638 If he's a boy, we'll name him... I don't know... 793 01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:05,693 And if a girl... not sure either... 794 01:02:05,705 --> 01:02:07,392 But I can't wait to meet her. 795 01:02:08,310 --> 01:02:10,562 Daddy is here, waiting for you. 796 01:02:11,230 --> 01:02:12,480 You are loved! 797 01:02:13,398 --> 01:02:14,650 Looks cool! 798 01:02:15,900 --> 01:02:18,737 - Can you see? - Yes, I can see. 799 01:02:59,528 --> 01:03:01,822 Not having my dad around really affected me. 800 01:03:01,947 --> 01:03:06,577 I felt some sort of emptiness. 801 01:03:06,618 --> 01:03:09,435 Because I saw other kids with their 802 01:03:09,447 --> 01:03:12,040 dads and mine was never with me. 803 01:03:13,292 --> 01:03:16,085 One of my biggest dreams was to become a dad. 804 01:03:16,127 --> 01:03:18,588 So I had my kid while in prison. 805 01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:22,375 I put up some balloons, cleaned up the 806 01:03:22,387 --> 01:03:24,803 cell, put up a sign: "Welcome, son." 807 01:03:24,845 --> 01:03:28,932 Got loads of booze and everything. 808 01:03:28,973 --> 01:03:32,060 It was a big party to celebrate the birth of my second son. 809 01:03:32,393 --> 01:03:37,315 And when my woman came to visit and I removed his blanket, 810 01:03:37,358 --> 01:03:41,725 I was shocked to see straight hair and green eyes, 811 01:03:41,768 --> 01:03:44,155 with hints of grey and blue. 812 01:03:44,280 --> 01:03:46,198 "What's this?" I said. 813 01:03:46,617 --> 01:03:49,448 When I turned around to look at the mother, 814 01:03:49,492 --> 01:03:52,122 she goes, "I know what you're thinking, 815 01:03:52,915 --> 01:03:56,418 but that's yours... I don't know what happened there." 816 01:03:56,502 --> 01:03:58,545 "He's yours!", she said. 817 01:03:58,712 --> 01:04:00,240 People wanted to see him, but I 818 01:04:00,252 --> 01:04:02,090 didn't show him to anyone that day. 819 01:04:02,173 --> 01:04:04,285 He was only 21 days old, an innocent, 820 01:04:04,328 --> 01:04:07,303 helpless child. and I told him, "you're not my son! 821 01:04:07,470 --> 01:04:12,977 Your mom cheated on me with another guy, you're a bastard!" 822 01:04:13,893 --> 01:04:16,838 And that scarred the kid to such an extent, 823 01:04:16,882 --> 01:04:19,780 that even nowadays, that he's a grown man, 824 01:04:19,823 --> 01:04:22,860 we haven't been able to solve our problems. 825 01:04:23,320 --> 01:04:26,782 He grew up saying that I denied him. 826 01:04:26,907 --> 01:04:29,547 That I wasn't his dad, that I preferred my other son. 827 01:04:29,590 --> 01:04:32,578 We've never gotten along. We even tried to kill each other. 828 01:04:35,457 --> 01:04:38,460 We are losing our kids to the other side. 829 01:04:38,627 --> 01:04:41,930 The partying, the drugs, the booze. And 830 01:04:41,942 --> 01:04:45,008 it's happening right in front of us. 831 01:04:45,050 --> 01:04:48,928 We can't say we were blind to what was going on here. 832 01:04:49,024 --> 01:04:55,406 We do see it, it's an exodus. They're going to the wrong side. 833 01:04:56,185 --> 01:05:01,107 But I always hoped that The Lord would transform my son. 834 01:05:01,317 --> 01:05:05,528 Then he suddenly got himself into trouble with the police. 835 01:05:05,612 --> 01:05:11,158 He was involved in homicide, he shot the son of a policeman. 836 01:05:11,327 --> 01:05:15,080 He robbed a store, was recorded by the cameras. 837 01:05:15,205 --> 01:05:18,254 So then I was informed the police were 838 01:05:18,266 --> 01:05:21,170 looking for him, and he had to flee, 839 01:05:21,213 --> 01:05:26,298 I even had to help him escape. I called you that day, remember? 840 01:05:31,303 --> 01:05:32,555 Any updates? 841 01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:36,463 I talked to him. He's at his girlfriend's place. 842 01:05:36,507 --> 01:05:38,228 He's not doing great. 843 01:05:38,312 --> 01:05:40,397 He's gone into hiding? 844 01:05:40,422 --> 01:05:43,801 Yeah, ‘cause the National Guard came looking for him. 845 01:05:44,365 --> 01:05:46,702 Shit, they went to your place? 846 01:05:47,237 --> 01:05:50,698 No, just around the slum. But they're looking for him. 847 01:05:51,700 --> 01:05:53,160 Fuck man. 848 01:05:53,202 --> 01:05:55,277 I want to try to convince him, but 849 01:05:55,289 --> 01:05:57,495 if I tell him to turn himself in now 850 01:05:57,538 --> 01:06:01,358 he's going to think I'm against him. He won't listen like this. 851 01:06:01,402 --> 01:06:04,787 He's got too much on his plate. He needs to go somewhere 852 01:06:04,838 --> 01:06:08,383 he can settle down. I have to wait till he calms down, 853 01:06:08,467 --> 01:06:12,428 he's under a lot of pressure now. 854 01:06:45,253 --> 01:06:48,993 What am I going to do, son? 855 01:06:49,037 --> 01:06:52,218 What am I going to do? 856 01:06:52,593 --> 01:06:54,856 I got here from a life of crime, I 857 01:06:54,868 --> 01:06:57,208 did my time, spent years in prison, 858 01:06:57,265 --> 01:06:59,872 destroying everything in my way, and now 859 01:06:59,884 --> 01:07:02,312 look at me, burying my son like this. 860 01:07:02,728 --> 01:07:06,023 When I left prison, my mission became to help others inside, 861 01:07:06,067 --> 01:07:09,428 but now I realize the problem doesn't lie within our prisons, 862 01:07:09,472 --> 01:07:12,962 but within our communities, it lies within the kids growing up. 863 01:07:13,005 --> 01:07:15,992 Those you see as kids today, are the men of tomorrow. 864 01:07:16,033 --> 01:07:18,995 Your babies will soon grow to be men. 865 01:07:19,453 --> 01:07:23,040 And their values must be shaped at home. 866 01:07:23,250 --> 01:07:25,335 Take care of your children. 867 01:07:25,377 --> 01:07:28,630 Avoid this pain. Avoid this suffering. 868 01:07:29,088 --> 01:07:31,592 - Let us pray. - Amen! 869 01:07:32,008 --> 01:07:34,207 Dear Lord, despite what we're 870 01:07:34,219 --> 01:07:36,888 going through, despite this pain, 871 01:07:36,972 --> 01:07:40,630 I have not denied your name. because you said to me: 872 01:07:40,673 --> 01:07:43,520 "I know that you have little strength, 873 01:07:43,645 --> 01:07:48,608 yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name." 874 01:07:51,235 --> 01:07:55,115 You know we tried to do everything in our power. 875 01:08:00,203 --> 01:08:02,413 Help us! 876 01:08:04,498 --> 01:08:07,543 Blessed be Thy Name, my God. 877 01:08:08,378 --> 01:08:11,047 Blessed be Thy Name, Lord. 878 01:09:33,087 --> 01:09:36,675 That's the one. Right there. 879 01:09:55,277 --> 01:09:58,530 That window there! The one in the middle. See it? 880 01:09:58,572 --> 01:10:00,198 There you go! That's it. 881 01:10:03,910 --> 01:10:06,622 This feels like that movie, "Medal of Honor." 882 01:10:08,332 --> 01:10:12,252 This is what the guards are shooting at us. 883 01:10:12,460 --> 01:10:16,547 This has caused many deaths inside this prison. 884 01:10:16,882 --> 01:10:18,257 Here's evidence. 885 01:10:41,197 --> 01:10:42,948 Get on the floor! 886 01:10:46,662 --> 01:10:49,622 - That's a gunman, that one! - That's a gunman! 887 01:10:50,082 --> 01:10:52,417 Look at him. 888 01:11:11,227 --> 01:11:13,980 When are you leaving? 889 01:11:14,813 --> 01:11:17,317 Not sure, in a couple of days. 890 01:11:17,400 --> 01:11:20,487 Are you scared? Because of what's coming? 891 01:11:20,570 --> 01:11:24,282 We aren't sure. We're scared because of what might happen. 892 01:11:25,325 --> 01:11:29,953 The guards are planning to come in. 893 01:11:30,747 --> 01:11:33,708 And I'm almost out, I did my time man. 894 01:11:33,750 --> 01:11:38,170 But the judges are barely working. 895 01:11:39,005 --> 01:11:41,883 The courts are only opening two hours a day. 896 01:11:42,133 --> 01:11:44,903 I'm practically a free man, but anything can happen now. 897 01:11:44,968 --> 01:11:46,345 It's fucked up, bro! 898 01:11:46,387 --> 01:11:48,068 What if something happens here? 899 01:11:48,080 --> 01:11:49,723 Do you think it's a time bomb? 900 01:11:49,765 --> 01:11:51,292 It's a time bomb and I don't 901 01:11:51,304 --> 01:11:53,227 want to be here when it explodes. 902 01:11:53,268 --> 01:11:55,813 It's going to be very tragic. 903 01:11:56,522 --> 01:11:59,483 After what happened in other prisons, countless dead, 904 01:11:59,525 --> 01:12:00,978 mothers still searching for their 905 01:12:00,990 --> 01:12:02,628 sons, hoping they've been transferred 906 01:12:02,672 --> 01:12:04,451 to another prison, but they are actually 907 01:12:04,463 --> 01:12:05,948 buried in a mass grave somewhere. 908 01:12:06,032 --> 01:12:11,788 It's happened in many prisons. 909 01:12:11,830 --> 01:12:14,582 Imagine the final showdown, here in the PGV. 910 01:12:14,623 --> 01:12:17,002 I don't want to be here when it explodes. 911 01:12:29,305 --> 01:12:32,850 The red light means it's recording! 912 01:12:32,975 --> 01:12:35,520 Turn it off, Ray! 913 01:12:37,355 --> 01:12:39,909 Seriously, I'm interviewing you. 914 01:12:39,934 --> 01:12:41,025 Stop Ray! 915 01:12:41,108 --> 01:12:43,499 All in all, what do you think of me 916 01:12:43,526 --> 01:12:45,795 as a person? Am I worth anything? 917 01:12:45,947 --> 01:12:48,323 - I don't know. - Am I a letdown? 918 01:12:50,075 --> 01:12:52,495 You're giving yourself all the answers. 919 01:12:52,662 --> 01:12:56,493 No, because if I did that, I'd say I'm a great guy 920 01:12:56,537 --> 01:13:01,168 who's grown a lot as a person. I used to be a piece of shit, 921 01:13:01,212 --> 01:13:05,300 like everyone, but I'm improving. What do you think? 922 01:13:07,010 --> 01:13:08,093 Stop it! 923 01:13:08,302 --> 01:13:11,430 Just tell me what you think, am I getting better? 924 01:13:11,848 --> 01:13:13,975 Do I deserve forgiveness? 925 01:13:15,435 --> 01:13:17,728 For what? All the bad things you've done? 926 01:13:17,770 --> 01:13:18,855 Yes. 927 01:13:52,138 --> 01:13:56,808 It's basically a human rights standard throughout the world 928 01:13:56,893 --> 01:13:58,729 that prisoners should have access 929 01:13:58,741 --> 01:14:00,480 to healthcare, culture, sports. 930 01:14:00,855 --> 01:14:03,517 But in our society, our poor communities 931 01:14:03,529 --> 01:14:05,485 don't have access to culture, 932 01:14:05,568 --> 01:14:07,272 to healthcare, or to sports, and 933 01:14:07,284 --> 01:14:09,322 therein lies our first imprisonment. 934 01:14:09,738 --> 01:14:14,452 The city is decaying. It's open sewers, 935 01:14:14,535 --> 01:14:20,667 it's stench, the slums; all that creates a prison within. 936 01:14:31,260 --> 01:14:35,055 I made many mistakes. I committed crimes. 937 01:14:35,138 --> 01:14:37,475 But what matters now is that no one repeats them. 938 01:14:37,600 --> 01:14:42,188 I want to prevent crime. That's what brought me to politics. 939 01:14:42,230 --> 01:14:43,815 I want to help make laws 940 01:14:44,523 --> 01:14:48,903 that are realistic, feasible. 941 01:15:03,500 --> 01:15:05,168 What are you gonna play? 942 01:15:05,295 --> 01:15:07,172 - Some reggaeton. - Put the taxi song. 943 01:15:07,255 --> 01:15:08,757 The taxi? 944 01:15:10,425 --> 01:15:12,802 - This one? - No, the other one. 945 01:15:27,775 --> 01:15:29,777 This one is great, you'll see. 946 01:15:33,782 --> 01:15:36,200 You are one in a million 947 01:15:36,658 --> 01:15:38,368 No comparison 948 01:15:38,410 --> 01:15:40,372 This one is dope! 949 01:15:42,998 --> 01:15:45,335 Let's go Venezuela! Caracas! 950 01:15:51,507 --> 01:15:53,718 They are with me, they're reporters. 951 01:16:00,725 --> 01:16:01,977 Hey, how are you? 952 01:16:03,143 --> 01:16:06,605 How's it going? I met your brother once, right? 953 01:16:06,688 --> 01:16:09,317 - Yes. - Good. Are you a Christian? 954 01:16:09,400 --> 01:16:11,568 - Yes, glory be to God. - Okay... 955 01:16:11,610 --> 01:16:13,487 He told me you saw my testimony. 956 01:16:13,528 --> 01:16:16,992 Yes, I watched an interview on TV. 957 01:16:17,367 --> 01:16:19,868 - Was it a long time ago? - Yes, a while back. 958 01:16:19,952 --> 01:16:22,205 I'm also a Christian, but I've been a bit distanced. 959 01:16:22,288 --> 01:16:24,540 - Yes, I can tell. - Yeah, I've been a bit apart. 960 01:16:24,665 --> 01:16:27,835 I think that beyond any prayer or anything, 961 01:16:27,960 --> 01:16:30,797 I've come here mainly to bring you God's word. 962 01:16:30,880 --> 01:16:34,883 - Amen. - I'm not coming to you for help 963 01:16:35,008 --> 01:16:40,765 what I am here for, is to deliver the message, 964 01:16:40,890 --> 01:16:44,893 I came here on behalf of God to remind you He is with you. 965 01:16:44,977 --> 01:16:47,813 Remember the Parable of the Lost Son. 966 01:16:47,855 --> 01:16:49,773 If you forgot it, I'm reminding you. 967 01:16:50,023 --> 01:16:53,527 Remember that it was God that gave you this strength. 968 01:16:54,320 --> 01:16:56,447 - Yes. - I'm here to tell you that. 969 01:16:56,572 --> 01:16:59,533 Don't forget where God saved you from, Gilber. 970 01:17:14,798 --> 01:17:17,802 When the police came looking for a family member 971 01:17:17,885 --> 01:17:21,847 everyone pointed at me, "That's his dad, let him in." 972 01:17:22,265 --> 01:17:24,225 I didn't want to see him like that. 973 01:17:24,267 --> 01:17:27,353 Shit...there lay my son, full of bullets and faceless. 974 01:17:28,395 --> 01:17:30,982 Shot 70 times. 975 01:17:31,648 --> 01:17:34,193 And it wasn't just that, after I buried him, 976 01:17:34,318 --> 01:17:35,737 when I went back to the slum, 977 01:17:35,778 --> 01:17:38,488 the boys who'd killed my son came looking for me. 978 01:17:38,530 --> 01:17:41,242 They were crying, begging for my forgiveness. 979 01:17:42,118 --> 01:17:46,663 My old friends were also calling me. 980 01:17:47,207 --> 01:17:51,585 The ones who remained criminals and don't believe in God, 981 01:17:51,628 --> 01:17:53,922 they wanted to avenge my son. 982 01:17:53,963 --> 01:17:57,633 But I told them God had changed me. 983 01:17:57,717 --> 01:18:00,637 They said, "Fuck that, let's get those boys." 984 01:18:00,762 --> 01:18:06,517 But thank God I forgave those boys the very moment I saw them. 985 01:18:06,725 --> 01:18:08,018 Why? 986 01:18:08,727 --> 01:18:10,772 Because God forgave me. 987 01:18:10,813 --> 01:18:15,985 Because I was also involved in homicides, I did bad things too. 988 01:18:16,818 --> 01:18:18,863 And God forgave me. 989 01:18:18,905 --> 01:18:22,742 So I understood what it meant to forgive. 990 01:19:19,507 --> 01:19:22,260 Thank you God! Thank you! 991 01:19:22,385 --> 01:19:23,970 Finally! 992 01:19:35,355 --> 01:19:37,107 Andrés, get over here! 993 01:19:39,568 --> 01:19:41,153 The first one. 994 01:19:42,780 --> 01:19:45,783 Thank you Lord, thank you! 995 01:19:47,952 --> 01:19:50,453 Thank you God!