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Learning new skills in prison

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  1. 0:03 Now, we're working throughout the day and do all the work here.
  2. 0:06 We clean up,
  3. 0:08 we prepare the hay.
  4. 0:11 Now it's time for potatoes.
  5. 0:14 Soon we'll start harvesting the potatoes.
  6. 0:20 We graze the livestock in turns,
  7. 0:23 and swap with each other every day.
  8. 0:26 We have a daily regime, get up at seven,
  9. 0:31 have breakfast and work.
  10. 0:59 I came here in 2012 when this new building was just beginning to be constructed
  11. 1:08 I helped with the construction,
  12. 1:11 I learned to lay bricks - I helped to build this place.
  13. 1:17 Here, I gained construction skills,
  14. 1:21 it helped me and now I am working in Cholpon-Ata city.
  15. 1:27 I am grateful that I have a good job and a salary, and my family and children are with me.
  16. 1:32 Well, I learned something new in the field, how to do this work.
  17. 1:38 It will be useful in my future life.

Film and caption text © OSCE / credited creators. Caption track retrieved 31 October 2026.