Madagascar teenagers jailed without trial | Unreported World

answer our be prison central Madagascar women's wing Saahil Robbin a soul has been here a month but has no trial date she says she's 17 I'm here because I've heard 80% of under-18s held in Madagascar's prisons have never been to court do you have a lawyer semana do you know what a lawyer is in Madagascar authorities can hold adults in prison for over five years before being brought to trial girls like Sahul who are under 18 can be held for almost three years mrs. basically being left here to rot until someone decides to take her case to court and you know God knows when that will be she lives in this tiny room with 30 other women yes names are lacking do your parents know where you are Monica not a zoomit Iranian for me at a turntable a former male elf will not sit on it all the women are just suddenly come back here and be honest is quite overwhelming many of the girls here are in the same situation as some others have already been convicted some even for murder really claustrophobic you know you can't hope you can barely breathe you can just imagine what it's like if you're a young girl and you're turning up here for the first time completely frightening Saahil was working as a maid for a local doctor when her employer accused her of stealing you still have one's a little affinity not so none got hurt Deanna Tanaka she lay around montt the doctor made the accusations after Sahul asked for her wages are you scared that you'll never leave here Jenna my daughter really many of these girls also worked as maids and are accused of petty crimes they too have been jailed with no court date in sight I've heard the story so many times now so many young girls who go and work as maids and then get accused of stealing something and then banged up in prison and you know no no court case no conviction more than half of Madagascar's prison population have yet to be convicted of any crime in fact the number of under a teens held without trial has more than doubled in the last 10 years [Music] it's early morning and I'm back in the prison I meet up with Funi Rakuten Arina who tries to help young girls like Sehun she says her parents have no idea that she's been here all this time how is that possible till after the tournament it's African on August she sees how prison time is damaging the girls what's new to effect has it had on for being here yeah fuuny wants to try and find some holes parents but they live in a remote village she can't afford to travel there so we offer to help ah phenomena's the death of captive market is needed after every semester position if I buy a mansion smiling so much [Music] fuuny gets a haul to record a video message to show her parents [Music] Saddam Pamela phenomena Rosana Fatima galata functional Naru satin angle Italian a facade 1920s an angle at a little finale Ramon todas fatahna laka nila panditas una tada face on my latest amna phenomena Chiana even if certain annihilation of avidity opens depa millinery my manga does me the next day we set off with Rooney to try to find them the houl is pinning her hopes on Funi finding her parents but Funi warns us they may be hard to track down worse still many parents here disowned their children if they're put in jail [Music] six hours later and we're walking because the roads are so bad [Music] just when we thought we might have sent back the buses suddenly turned up it's really overcrowded but they're gonna make me [Music] after a few hours we arrived up for it Co boonies been told it's the closest town to sir holes village she starts asking around for directions these men are from the village that sorrows peasants living so Cooney's just negotiating with them to try and see how we can get there and also how we can find her parents you can say Salameh another visa yeah Sandeep hey I say I say I'll unlock so they've managed to point her dive which is amazing but this is almost a hard bit now because we have to tell him where she is yeah me too I'm Sonic little drama so love as a man I suck [Music] but it's obviously really upsetting for them because I haven't they haven't known where she is for the last six months so Adam Pamela phenomena Rosanna namu karnilla panda Ted who not ratified emeliza taste domina phenomena try another one if certain annihilation if of we get the apples deeper millinery my manga s me this avatar towering myself I use fusion ways says I'm turn around and on a way to please [Music] I'm taken to meet the rest of Sahul family these are sovereign sisters and cousins and they're saying that they have spent the last few months trying to get in touch with her but every time they called her employer they were told that she was sleeping or that the woman was at work and that they need to call back later there's all time none of them knew where she was the whole sister is confused she tells me that only last week the doctor had sent them a message asking her to come and work as a maid why would the doctor do that if Sahul had stolen from her then we discover some holes dad David is trying to borrow money for the bus fare to see her so we offer them a lift [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's the first time sir Hall's mum Jacqueline has left her village and the first time she's been in a car Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world [Music] we travel all night so Jacqueline and David can see their daughter [Music] [Applause] [Music] the [ __ ] yes [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] something's extended family of heard what happens when they've traveled overnight and so are the Nepali they've just got here so they're just about to come in now the gods are saying that she only has 15 minutes and 10 of those minutes already gone so the whole family and you have five minutes left [Music] [Applause] outside circles family revealed some startling news sohcahtoa yes first until you filming me laughs I've actually gained crucial booyah bilateral father thank you sir if you are not honest we only know that you know how you know poison is ever given nothing foxy Smith supporter okay all right let's go okay let's go then okay the hulls employer lives minutes away from the prison [Music] that woman who just opened the door is a new Sahul that's then you made the doctor and her mother invite us in the holes david wants to know why they were never told Tara Cassavetes we've been talking to this family for so long but it's now dark we're having to use torches to carry on the conversation but they're basically justifying why they put her in prison and saying that they haven't done anything wrong no attract children a spoon they tryna create the doctor refuses to drop her allegations you would know that she can't afford a lawyer am I not telling her family by not telling anyone that's related to her who can help her that she's there you've denied her any chance of getting out of there do you try to turn one I live in Little Italy not to an idiot whether they said they'll only pay for the work that South Hills done if her parents now ask for the money it just seems bonkers like who who says we'll only pay you for work you've done if you ask for it I mean obvious that's why she went to work for them david says he refuses to beg for circle's wages are you going to pay this family for the work their daughter did eventually she hands the money over it's a hundred and twenty thousand Aria about 25 pounds a fraction of what's needed for a lawyer or a bribe human rights groups say bribery is the most common way out of prison for those accused of petty crimes David and Jacqueline leave no closer to getting sajo out of jail [Music] I want to ask the government here why girls like Sahul are being put through this so I'm meeting Rocco Tundra Jerry Rand Reno so Oslo inor Tiana who oversees prison reform in Madagascar according to international human rights law no one should be held without trial indefinitely why are so many young girls being held in prisons in Madagascar some of them are barely more than children for crimes that they haven't even been convicted of yet I mean my woman Billina someone look at me after we are you wouldn't be little hater musasa now wouldn't appear young man Anasuya sorry 90 Anna's on indeed Maria's on a Tony for military officer Holloway MA - Peter years a karna functionally fit sir hon I spoken to some people he's told me about how in order to secure their release they've had to pay money to the prison guards is that part of a legacy law process aficionado cool features an era water carry something a fool away from one anonymous ins the in my father told me say we are they told me cool cool say the from year circum a major contributor readers and me 24 military officers a number yet enums a Yantra cool Mattia an elephant if it's Ahana in a different font [Music] sar who is still in prison her family don't have the money to hire a lawyer or pay a bribe she still has no idea when her case will come to trial Jacqueline and David now visits her every week thanks for watching click the logo to subscribe for more award-winning documentaries from the unreported world team we upload videos every Sunday keeping you up to date with content from all over the world [Music]

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Id: CMGBx3Zx_Sg

Length: 22min 18sec (1338 seconds)

Published: Sun May 12 2019