Y.E. was incarcerated for four months in Bae-Mahault prison in Guadeloupe. This part of her life has made her understand that there is a lot that can be done for prisoners. She has been working in human resources and thanks to her experience of incarceration, she sees things in a new way – when recruiting candidates she does not judge them on their past and she seeks to help with reintegration.
Hannah Davis Taieb
Hannah Davis Taieb leads workshops bringing together people detained at La Santé prison in Paris and students from the American University of Paris, with an approach inspired by Walls to Bridges. She is the president of the non-profit Dialogue & Transformation. Hannah is connected to questions of prison through her memories of her own father’s incarceration during the McCarthy period in the USA. She has a PhD in anthropology and is a Gestalt practitioner.
H. W.
H.W. was incarcerated for 27 months in the Fleury-Mérogis prison. This experience deeply marked him, and he is determined to counter the myth of prison and all the clichés that are attached to it. Prison is not an obligatory passage for young people from the neighbourhoods and does not make them stronger. He would like to break this vicious cycle by inventing tools and liberating methodologies for youth. He is an active member of the non-profit Dialogue & Transformation where he leads workshops and training activities for students and youth.
