I visited the women's ward in prison. Justyna has been here for seven years. "My child has grown up without me"

Justyna, an inmate, hasn't seen her children for four years. Her ex-husband effectively cut her off from contact with them. Małgorzata remembers well the day the prison gate closed behind her for the first time. She says that it was the boundary between being a human being and a number in the convict records. Lidia is afraid of being released. "I don't know if I can do it. But I know I'll try. Because there, on the other side, life is waiting fo…