Their story usually goes like this. They go to pubs, became friends with ‘bad boys’, got addicted to drugs, got pregnant, and the boys just leave them. That’s how they got sent here.
I always see the prisoners as my daughters and sons. When I see some of them coming back to prison for the second time, it breaks my heart.
Growing up, I never thought I’ll end up becoming a prison officer, but I’ve been doing this for 20 years now. I always wanted to be a model, but my late father insisted that I join the uniform. That’s why I am here today *laughs*”
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Captured at the “Beauty Behind the Wall” programme, an initiative by KDYTM Tengku Puan Pahang Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah and Resorts World Genting, aimed to equip female inmates of Bentong Prison with culinary skills.
Photostory by Samantha Siow
Edited by Amalina Davis
