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WAITING FOR JUSTICE 3 – ARMS

SIERRA LEONE
Fernando Moleres

Fernando Moleres lives in Barcelona, Spain. He is a self-taught freelance photographer. His work has taken him to more than 30 countries around the world. Focusing on social issues, including the plight of refugees from Kurdistan, Sahara and Rwanda and juvenile African prisons, he has received many photography awards worldwide.

This photograph was taken in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It shows some of the dozens of prisoners taken to court each morning from Pademba Road Prison. Many of them need to go to court many times before a decision is final, and end up as a remand prisoner for years before their sentence is decided.

The Allard Prize Photography Competition jury selected this photograph as it depicts an unforgiving existence for prisoners when they are denied their human rights.