I am a foreign national serving a seven-year
sentence in Peru. I write this as a cry for help. Shaun, as I was reading your
book, Prison Time, something kept pushing at the inside of me to tell you how
the foreigners here are suffering.
Most of us have no means of support and never hear
from our embassies. Getting freedom is so hard. We go back and forth to court, which
usually gets postponed for small things. Some foreigners give up hope.
We can apply to return to our countries, but we have
to pay our tickets and fines. We have to present our papers from inside to the
director and other managing bodies. From there, we wait up to three months
before going to court, where they determine your release date. Sometimes they
lose your documents, which means you have to start over again and run around
and get your documents.
Do you know of any
international human rights organisations I may be able to get in contact with? Or
do you know of an organisation like Prisoners Abroad but for other foreigners? I
would be very grateful. Many of us are stranded here because we have no means.
There aren’t many work
opportunities, and strangely, if you want to work, you have to pay to be in the
workplace. Everything works in reverse here.
I would love to hear
from you,
Lula
Any advice on helping Lula is welcome in the comments below.
2 comments:
I can not imagine the emotional roller coaster this family is going through. Hell, I cried myself watching this. What an injustice. This poor man will never get his life back. I'm going to hug my family a little longer tonight. Where is the justice?!? Jesus ...
I can not imagine the emotional roller coaster this family is going through. Hell, I cried myself watching this. What an injustice. This poor man will never get his life back. I'm going to hug my family a little longer tonight. Where is the justice?!? Jesus ...
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