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How Giving Cameras to Teen Criminals in Colombia Rebuilt Their Lives (And Shocked Society)
In Cali, Colombia, a city plagued by gang violence and a failing penal system, a radical experiment is underway. The "Building the Future" project, led by researchers from the University of Santiago de Cali and the NGO Crecer en Familia, took 18 convicted teenage gang members—labeled as unredeemable—and gave them video cameras, radio microphones, and creative writing workshops. The results shattered every assumption about punishment and rehabilitation. This video dives into the study's shocking findings: how 75% of the public changed their minds about these youths after seeing their art, why the researchers blocked public comments despite public demand, and what it means for a world obsessed with punitive justice. Author Olga Bayhar and her team prove that the most powerful weapon against crime might not be a jail cell, but a microphone.
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