Zurquí Prison


  • Photographer
    Madeline Kennedy
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Madeline Kennedy Photography
  • Date of Photograph
    March 11, 2014

Between the dates of November 11th 2013 - March 11th 2014, I spent over 150 hours inside the walls of the Zurquí Prison in Costa Rica. I am the first photographer in 20 years granted permission to enter the cells. What I found was overcrowding, adults mixed with children, and because of the shortage of beds and the lack of bathrooms - most of the rooms simply had a hole in the floor - many inmates slept in their own urine and feces along side the rats and cockroaches that infested the entire facility. In the past four years the population has quadrupled. El Centro de Formación Juvenil Zurquí now houses 68 children and 122 adults, 10 of whome are women. What I found was profound and compelling. With your support I can continue to expand upon this project.

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