Sébastien Van Malleghem – Life on the Inside: A Look Into Belgium’s Prisons | LensCulture

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Life on the Inside: A Look Into Belgium’s Prisons – Photographs and text by Sébastien Van Malleghem | LensCulture

Dramatic, yet also intimate, black-and-white images capture daily life within prisons scattered throughout Belgium, challenging us to consider how we treat the wayward members of our society

via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/sebastien-van-malleghem-life-on-the-inside-a-look-into-belgium-s-prisons

From 2011 to 2014, I began taking pictures inside the walls of Belgian prisons. From Wallonia to Flanders, with several stops in Brussels, I sought to present a complete picture of a system ruled by the authorities and the criminals. I met with guards, young, nervous inmates, mentally ill prisoners, old bosses, foreigners, women, children, families, directors, and calm, long-term detainees.