Rocío Torres Nombela / We wanted to know what the daily life of a inmate and know what goes through your head. But I also know first hand how the work of psychologists who work with them and their role in the reintegration of these people. We do this through the testimony of MTM.
initial Behind these is a great professional, a psychologist in a prison, that he knows his work and the prisoners and wanted to share it with Platform Development.
are many debates that open walls. That if the law is not tough enough, if you really do not reinserted, if the prisoners live better than we are at liberty, ... With this, that unless listen to a specialist and tell us how you really live in a prison.
we can not reveal their identity or show their faces for security reasons, but what we can tell is that this Salamanca, 30, graduated in Psychology, did a Master in Clinical and Forensic Psychology and for the last 2 years is official. After passing some tough opposition became a prison psychologist.
Q: Yours is calling?
Answer: Since childhood I always wanted to be a psychologist, truth. I remember my father wanted to study law, but I got my way and I studied psychology. Always struck me learn how to lend a hand to others when they feel bad.
Q: Before approving the opposition had been placed in a prison?
R: race practices were in a psychiatric facility in Avila. Master In practice we were two days of Topas prison (Salamanca) for psychological tests and that was the first time I walked into a prison.
Q: What do all day long the prisoners?
R: The activities carried out in a prison are varied. There are classes with different levels of education, play sports, there are training courses ... These activities are a general level, involving all inmates they want. After treatment programs are personalized. With the internal working of multidisciplinary teams (lawyer, psychologist, social worker, educator) and each professional meets the needs of inmates from the field.
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learn how to help others
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P : And from yours how you work?
R: in treatment programs conducted by psychologists themselves which takes into account the type of crime, to give more personalized attention.
My job is to give inmates of the modules that I have assigned counseling when they address me by instances. That is, they, through a request, ask to speak with you and you pick up your requests giving psychological support.
Specifically conduct treatment programs for inmates who are serving sentences for violence, sexual assault and drugs.
Q: Personally, what is the intended purpose?
R: the intended purpose is to make your stay in prison might help to get out of it, with goals and values different from those they had when they entered.
Prison Choir. Main program rtve
P: For general line, "prisoners repent of what they have done and show a willingness to get out of jail?
R: can not generalize. Each inmate is he and his circumstances. Repent and do some personal work important to change attitudes that led him to prison. Other justify his crime by economic necessity, others minimize their criminal acts ... But one thing I'm sure of is that they stay in prison affects everyone.
Q: Do you believe in the rehabilitation of prisoners?
R: The purpose of imprisonment is rehabilitation and reintegration. In my short experience as a prison psychologist, I think that each inmate have influenced factors to take into account crimes.
The purpose of the reintegration sounds utopian, it is true; but I, particularly, I think to work in this group if you think it is a bit difficult to work every day.
Interior prison Ocaña (Toledo)
P : Can we talk about a prisoner profile with which you work?
R: Yes would be a male between 20 and 45, with substance dependence tales como la heroína o la cocaína y cumpliendo condenas de entre 4 y 10 años por robos.
P: ¿La mayoría por qué están allí? Los últimos datos apuntan a que la mayor parte están por temas relacionados con las drogas, ¿es cierto?
R: Los internos de los módulos con los que yo trabajo la mayoría cumplen condenas por robos con violencia, con fuerza y por tráfico de drogas.
P: Una de las últimas encuestas que he podido leer apunta que más de la mitad de los españoles considers that the conviction in our country are too weak and that prisoners live and are treated too well in prison. What do you think about this?
R. In this sense I can not be objective. Everyone can say what you want. This month comes into force an amendment to the Penal Code in which certain crimes such as drug trafficking to be modified, as well as other crimes.
Anyone who thinks that living in prison is too good is because you have not seen many. Being detained is a physical and psychological consequences that do not disappear much comfort there.
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prisons is living too well
because he has not seen muchas>>
P: What is true about the fighting, abuse, drug trafficking, ... in prison?; simple fact or legend?
R: There is some truth to these data, do not say no. But I can not comment on this topic because know.
Q: Is it a stressful job, dangerous?
R: None of these things. If it is true that when you work a lot with an intern and this, for whatever reason, does not respond the way you expect, you may feel a little disappointed, but that is something that happens and what you have to accustomed.
The truth is that you have a wrong idea of \u200b\u200bthe inmates. Respect the psychologist as well as that of other professionals. For the internal being a center prison are not rude or unpleasant.
Like every human being has his days and if at any time you respond badly, when you return you apologize for his poor defense.
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of presos, not rude
or desagradables>>
P: How do you see your work the rest of society?
R: Being a prison psychologist for some people is not the same as being a psychologist in other areas. They believe that inmates have to serve a sentence sufficient, and that having professionals involved in your care is a luxury they do not deserve.
Others, however, appreciate our work as professionals like the psychologist can assess in other fields.
Francisco Correa, main accused in the case Gürtel, aged and careless step prison
P: From your point of view, how is the situation of English prisons?
R: where I work in almost all officials as we are young and that makes it work differently, I believe that as hard as if the template was older.
What is certain is that the crisis we are living, schools are lacking staff.
P: Thinking students psychology who are considering your career as a work in the near future, what advice would you give them?
R: I think that this is not a good year to consider the opposition to the coaching staff of correctional institutions due to the reduction of places. Anyway, if you're safe, and we really wanted to put what you want you can get.
Personally for me, my work brings me many good things every day and values \u200b\u200bmakes it more if I have.
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