The hell of prisons in Bolivia, the doc in 2 minutes

In Bolivia, Hernan and Daisy’s parents have a coca plantation. Without the many transformation processes, this plant is harmless and used by everyone as a mild stimulant, through the chewing of a few leaves. When the elders leave the plantation to study in the city, they quickly run out of money to pursue their passion for music. Hernan decides to smuggle two kilos of cocaine across the Argentinian border, but he is arrested. Eight years in prison, for 100 dollars of remuneration.

In the prison of San Sebastian, initially built to accommodate 80 prisoners, 700 people are crammed. Administrative delays and endemic corruption in the judicial system mean that 80% of these prisoners have not had the right to a trial. Daisy is devastated by her brother’s sudden arrest and desperately seeks to free him. But how far will she go?

Jail cocaine also follows Hernan’s friendship with Mario, a father from the poorest region of Bolivia. On his first day in a cocaine factory, he is arrested. He has been waiting for years for his trial, delayed each time, mourning his family. Hernan and Mario attend classes and lay low hoping they can be acquitted.

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